M4.5 earthquake 142 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 142 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 3:11 AM GMT+13 (14:11 UTC), 268 km (166 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 79 km NNW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-05 14:11:51 UTC
- Depth
- 267.8 km (166.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.876° S, 174.523° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Tonga · 2242 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5108 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.679 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.193 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2192 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.2107 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2255 days ago · 277 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8124 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8165 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6134 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2264 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.9116 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2264 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.556 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bcpy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.