M4.7 earthquake 134 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 134 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 5:44 PM GMT+13 (04:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 202 km E 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-20 04:44:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.276° S, 172.585° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2183 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2289 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.375 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.9202 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.593 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4119 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2272 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.696 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.692 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.885 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 5.4123 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2294 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.975 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5203 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2308 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.670 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2311 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6110 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2322 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000afbq (also filed as iscgem618557175). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.