M 5.7 in Tonga on 14 Nov 2025 19:09 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1510338
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.3477 , -175.6934
Event Date: 14 Nov 2025 19:09 UTC
15 Nov 2025 08:09 Local
Exposed Population: 1 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2025 19:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rnd3 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.7-magnitude quake hits 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga -- USGS 11/14/2025 10:24:00 PM.

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga at 19:09 GMT on Friday, the U.S.
5.7-magnitude quake hits 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga -- USGS 11/14/2025 10:05:00 PM.

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga at 19:09 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 15.35 deg
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5.7-magnitude quake hits 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga -- USGS 11/14/2025 10:03:00 PM.

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga at 19:09 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 15.35 deg
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5.7 magnitude quake hits 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga USGS 11/14/2025 8:01:00 PM.

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 214 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga at 19:09 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 15.35 deg
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),