M4.6 earthquake 138 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 138 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Mar 24, 2015, 12:14 AM GMT-12 (12:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-24 12:14:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.202° S, 173.876° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6113 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 4202 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.689 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4184 days ago · 89 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4183 days ago · 277 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 4183 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3104 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4181 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6140 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 4180 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.247 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4172 days ago · 192 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.451 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4167 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001rze. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC.