M4.3 earthquake 46 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 46 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Jun 9, 2018, 2:58 AM GMT+13 (13:58 UTC), 166 km (103 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-08 13:58:06 UTC
- Depth
- 166.1 km (103.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.592° S, 174.424° 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 16.5 km horizontally, 13.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.688 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3034 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.860 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3016 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4101 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2990 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.694 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2983 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.682 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2978 days ago · 166 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.941 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3039 days ago · 58 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.967 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3048 days ago · 94 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6131 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3054 days ago · 212 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.457 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3063 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7127 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3063 days ago · 205 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000eq33. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.