M5.0 earthquake 92 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 92 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 11:02 PM GMT+14 (09:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 89 km NNE 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-08 09:02:47 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.274° S, 173.302° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.039 · 211 stations |
| 5.38 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
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 9.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.454 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2884 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.539 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2881 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.189 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2873 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3141 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2870 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.916 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2860 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.795 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 2858 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7119 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2855 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2838 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hp6t (also filed as iscgem613602291). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC.