M5.4 earthquake 133 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 133 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jun 3, 2018, 2:03 AM GMT+13 (13:03 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
- 5.4 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-02 13:03:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.930° S, 173.147° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.073 · 18 stations |
| 5.34 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.4 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 23°, dip 79°, rake -173°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 292°, dip 83°, rake -11°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.0 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.586 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3043 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0Samoa Islands region · 3038 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3036 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4119 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3032 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.3117 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3032 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 4.9124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3021 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.683 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3017 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.878 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3010 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.256 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3006 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5138 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3005 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8136 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2997 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 5.8141 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3045 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.599 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3046 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7140 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3057 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.567 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3057 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.2130 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3060 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.680 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3075 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ehdf (also filed as iscgem611975278). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:23 AM UTC.