Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 19 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 19 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 2:16 PM GMT+13 (01:16 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-06-04 01:16:47 UTC
Depth
76.3 km (47.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.087° S, 173.677° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.350 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 124 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.888 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2306 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.957 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2301 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.747 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.975 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.375 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.810 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2277 days ago · 108 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.556 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 121 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.593 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2274 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.696 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.692 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.424 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 115 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 5.0100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 4.550 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2251 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 4.670 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2311 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.711 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2315 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 5.125 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2324 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 5.698 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 5.787 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.788 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2339 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a5ld. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC.