M4.6 earthquake 98 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 98 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jun 3, 2018, 10:21 PM GMT+13 (09:21 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 117 km ENE 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
- 2018-06-03 09:21:38 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.115° S, 172.888° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 108
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.677 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3037 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.378 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3037 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.3117 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3032 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 9
- 4.9124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3021 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.695 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3017 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.878 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3010 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.256 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3006 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.690 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2984 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000eht9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.