Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 96 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 96 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Apr 12, 2015, 10:01 PM GMT+13 (09:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 51 km ENE 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
2015-04-12 09:01:21 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.106° S, 173.576° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.696 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4192 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.7106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.5107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.5111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.3117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4174 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.5110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.332 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4171 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.573 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.491 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.3105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.5104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4167 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  12. 5.195 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4164 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.539 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 4154 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 6.051 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4146 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
  15. 4.248 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4144 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.368 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4143 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 4.6102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4142 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 5.3121 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4137 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 4.3111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4137 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.2112 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4196 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 6.3106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4200 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 17
  3. 4.7109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4200 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 5.8115 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.0129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.2120 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 5.293 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 6.596 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  9. 4.5115 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.8106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.793 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 6.4110 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
  13. 6.098 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.555 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4220 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 4.528 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4221 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 4.5107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4222 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.678 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4223 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200025x5. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC.