M4.1 earthquake 115 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 115 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 8:24 PM GMT-12 (08:24 UTC), 295 km (183 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 78 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-14 08:24:16 UTC
- Depth
- 294.8 km (183.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.122° S, 174.857° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 17.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.536 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2446 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4101 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2442 days ago · 166 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4125 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2440 days ago · 296 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.678 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 2432 days ago · 306 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3110 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2401 days ago · 269 km deep · 20 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007hcp. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.