M4.7 earthquake 71 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 71 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 1:28 PM GMT+13 (00:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2020-08-23 00:28:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.162° S, 173.166° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.686 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.570 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.546 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2218 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.181 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.485 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2210 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2207 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.377 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2202 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.770 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2179 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1111 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2175 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.665 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2170 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bj8z. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.