Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 11 km E of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 11 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, May 30, 2020, 4:49 AM GMT+13 (15:49 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 57 km S of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-05-29 15:49:07 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.960° S, 173.686° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.670 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2311 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.819 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2310 days ago · 76 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.350 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.888 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2306 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.957 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2301 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.747 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.975 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.375 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.810 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2278 days ago · 108 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.556 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.593 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.399 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2265 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.696 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 4.692 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.424 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 115 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 5.125 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2324 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 5.698 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 5.787 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.788 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2339 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.397 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 161 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.666 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.669 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2343 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a6ef. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.