M4.3 earthquake 101 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 101 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, May 6, 2018, 6:32 PM GMT+13 (05:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, 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
- 2018-05-06 05:32:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.260° S, 173.979° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0120 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3070 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.5121 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3065 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.9102 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3064 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.677 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3059 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.6104 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3058 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.0118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3058 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.796 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3057 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6125 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3047 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e6nk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:17 AM UTC.