M4.8 earthquake 60 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 60 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 10:01 AM GMT+13 (21:01 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 102 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-30 21:01:30 UTC
- Depth
- 111.3 km (69.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.652° S, 174.560° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4101 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2990 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.694 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2983 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.682 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2978 days ago · 166 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9102 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2975 days ago · 134 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.669 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2958 days ago · 109 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fsjd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.