M4.6 earthquake 88 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 88 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Jun 12, 2018, 5:53 PM GMT+13 (04:53 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 60 km W of Neiafu, 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
- 2018-06-12 04:53:58 UTC
- Depth
- 60.4 km (37.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.982° S, 174.450° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 101
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6138 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3020 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1143 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3018 days ago · 233 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.860 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3015 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.694 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2982 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.682 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2978 days ago · 166 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.346 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3037 days ago · 166 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.941 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3039 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.967 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3048 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4113 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3051 days ago · 167 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.457 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3063 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.7127 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3063 days ago · 205 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000enw1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC.