M4.3 earthquake 127 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 127 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Nov 2, 2018, 8:54 AM GMT+14 (18:54 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-01 18:54:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.231° S, 172.876° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2889 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9130 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.092 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2882 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.539 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2878 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.189 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2870 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3141 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2868 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 2855 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7119 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2853 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2836 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hp87. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC.