Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 76 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 76 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 5, 2008, 8:17 AM GMT-11 (19:17 UTC), 144 km (89 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 93 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-11-05 19:17:41 UTC
Depth
143.8 km (89.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.299° S, 173.562° 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 usp000gn1b. 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

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Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.093 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6538 days ago · 121 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 5.592 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6538 days ago · 140 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.3111 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6536 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.994 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6530 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.344 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6526 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 3.952 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6519 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.2108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6518 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.678 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6518 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.122 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6512 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.190 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6497 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.259 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6493 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 4.886 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6487 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 3.867 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6486 days ago · 177 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.090 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6484 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.4122 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6548 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.562 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6556 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.486 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6558 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.289 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6560 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 5.683 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6568 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gn1b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC.