M4.6 earthquake 107 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 107 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jun 11, 2017, 3:59 AM GMT+13 (14:59 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 100 km NNE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-10 14:59:19 UTC
- Depth
- 84.4 km (52.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.036° S, 174.109° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3393 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.585 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3392 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3137 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.287 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3372 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.187 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3372 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6109 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3364 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.479 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3404 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.390 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3413 days ago · 118 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.9109 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3417 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.639 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3422 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.499 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3425 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009my3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:18 AM UTC.