M4.1 earthquake 84 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 84 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jun 14, 2015, 3:06 PM GMT-12 (03:06 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 82 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-15 03:06:39 UTC
- Depth
- 129.4 km (80.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.420° S, 174.424° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7112 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4122 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.239 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4117 days ago · 108 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4Tonga · 4096 days ago · 300 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4093 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5104 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4089 days ago · 229 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2115 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4084 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.782 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4081 days ago · 176 km deep · 9 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002ly2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC.