M4.6 earthquake 95 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 95 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Mar 1, 2020, 6:17 AM GMT+14 (16:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 93 km NNE 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-29 16:17:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.155° S, 173.462° 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
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7104 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.484 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2379 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.698 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2373 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.295 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2367 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.249 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2360 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.393 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2359 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.654 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2354 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.587 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2349 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.399 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2409 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.589 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.683 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.481 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.657 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2425 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008ada. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC.