M4.5 earthquake 220 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 220 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 12:10 AM GMT-12 (12:10 UTC), 343 km (213 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-08 12:10:43 UTC
- Depth
- 342.6 km (212.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.056° S, 175.857° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 142
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0246 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3032 days ago · 373 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2123 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3029 days ago · 249 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3218 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2979 days ago · 372 km deep · 8 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000el6f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC.