M4.8 earthquake 115 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 115 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 2:57 PM GMT+13 (01:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 198 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-05 01:57:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.125° S, 174.224° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q46d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC.