M4.8 earthquake 253 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 253 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 7:32 AM GMT-12 (19:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-30 19:32:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.295° S, 176.141° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4211 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2927 days ago · 340 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0261 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2926 days ago · 391 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3208 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2924 days ago · 339 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2232 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2916 days ago · 296 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0201 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2913 days ago · 332 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3260 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2899 days ago · 379 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.2219 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2957 days ago · 350 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3227 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2958 days ago · 299 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2966 days ago · 524 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3212 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2978 days ago · 360 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3218 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2979 days ago · 372 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hadb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.