Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 92 km N of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 92 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Aug 19, 2008, 3:26 AM GMT-11 (14:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-19 14:26:21 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.127° S, 173.673° 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 usp000gf0u. 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
142°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.1101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.3109 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.6137 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6617 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 5.197 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6617 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.374 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6608 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 5.377 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6605 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.293 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6600 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.2103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.088 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.283 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.686 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6588 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.194 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6577 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 5.279 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6574 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 5.683 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6568 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 4.289 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6560 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 5.7129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.591 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6626 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.562 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6629 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.693 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6644 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.6110 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 6645 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.2107 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6645 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.995 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6646 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 5.4122 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6647 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.3108 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6647 days ago · 145 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gf0u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC.