Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 57 km S of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 57 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 8:09 AM GMT+13 (19:09 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 144 km S of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-06-12 19:09:20 UTC
Depth
71.4 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.474° S, 173.786° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
115

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.747 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.975 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.375 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.810 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2278 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 5.1144 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.696 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.692 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.424 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.3112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2255 days ago · 135 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 5.0100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.550 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2251 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 4.5141 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2250 days ago · 151 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.678 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2243 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 4.350 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 124 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.6106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.819 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2310 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.670 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2311 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.711 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2315 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 5.125 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2324 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000aavr (also filed as iscgem618538395). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC.