Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 70 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 70 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 7:05 AM GMT+13 (18:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 123 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-06-02 18:05:49 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.231° S, 173.204° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.819 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2310 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.6106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.350 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.888 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2306 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.957 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2301 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.747 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.975 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 5.4123 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2294 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.7134 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2294 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.375 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.810 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2278 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.593 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.4119 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2272 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 4.696 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 4.692 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 4.424 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 5.0100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.711 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2315 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.6110 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2322 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 5.125 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2324 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 5.698 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 5.787 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.788 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.397 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 161 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.666 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a8pi. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.