M4.2 earthquake 254 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 254 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 11:12 AM GMT-12 (23:12 UTC), 346 km (215 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 241 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-19 23:12:10 UTC
- Depth
- 345.7 km (214.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.306° S, 176.150° 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 17.3 km horizontally, 11.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1242 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3143 days ago · 305 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0251 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3141 days ago · 357 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8241 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3134 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1189 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3129 days ago · 228 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2247 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3110 days ago · 402 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3261 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3098 days ago · 331 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7235 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3089 days ago · 345 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d9nk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.