M4.5 earthquake 184 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 184 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 12:28 PM GMT-12 (00:28 UTC), 269 km (167 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 130 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-23 00:28:58 UTC
- Depth
- 268.5 km (166.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.450° S, 175.192° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 14.9 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6205 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 524 days ago · 258 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6171 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 517 days ago · 239 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7128 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 505 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9130 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 505 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2132 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 474 days ago · 264 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pudg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC.