M4.5 earthquake 8 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Mar 6, 2020, 6:45 AM GMT+14 (16:45 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 17 km SSE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-05 16:45:01 UTC
- Depth
- 112.1 km (69.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.010° S, 173.849° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.461 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.861 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2387 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.917 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2383 days ago · 49 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.484 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2379 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.876 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2374 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.249 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2360 days ago · 88 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.654 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2354 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.587 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2349 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.669 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2343 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008d80. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC.