M4.6 earthquake 107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 9:24 PM GMT+14 (07:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 113 km NE 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
- 2017-11-30 07:24:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.013° S, 173.552° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.560 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.294 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.382 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3220 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 4.997 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9112 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3216 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3216 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.9110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3208 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.5113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3204 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.443 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3203 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3202 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.222 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3197 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.541 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3183 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1146 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3179 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3179 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.8100 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3178 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3176 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.595 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 200 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3245 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.683 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3249 days ago · 156 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.487 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.682 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.8110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6124 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.698 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 5.0118 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2119 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.1145 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4136 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2135 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 6.897 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 35 · tsunami flag
- 4.5Tonga · 3256 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.0105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3258 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.073 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3258 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3258 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c1n3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.