M4.8 earthquake 108 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 108 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 8:37 AM GMT+14 (18:37 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-14 18:37:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.830° S, 174.804° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.284 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2163 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.377 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.136 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2129 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3102 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2128 days ago · 279 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c9yi (also filed as iscgem619508914). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.