M4.6 earthquake 77 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 77 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:32 AM GMT+13 (18:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 124 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
- 2018-06-10 18:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.311° S, 173.168° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 24
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.378 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3036 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.9124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3021 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.695 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3016 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.623 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2994 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.690 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2984 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2983 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000emt3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC.