M4.8 earthquake 114 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 114 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Aug 15, 2008, 4:46 PM GMT-12 (04:46 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2008-08-16 04:46:46 UTC
- Depth
- 149.3 km (92.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.632° S, 174.609° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000gesn. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 172
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.858 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6616 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.058 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6601 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1156 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6601 days ago · 226 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7159 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6586 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3138 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6586 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0133 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 6570 days ago · 273 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.443 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6566 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gesn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.