Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 61 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 61 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Oct 29, 2008, 8:19 PM GMT-11 (07:19 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-10-30 07:19:04 UTC
Depth
96.3 km (59.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.480° S, 173.605° 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 usp000gmds. 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.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
114

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5120 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6535 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.344 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6526 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.077 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6521 days ago · 85 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.4Tonga · 6520 days ago · 131 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.952 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6519 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.499 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6513 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.122 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6512 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.859 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6502 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.881 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6501 days ago · 140 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.434 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6498 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.090 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6493 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.443 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6565 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.494 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6565 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gmds. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC.