M4.6 earthquake 112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 11:38 AM GMT+14 (21:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 103 km NE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-19 21:38:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.952° S, 173.955° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.2103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2129 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.9138 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2098 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2093 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.450 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2083 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 6.283 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2154 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 13
- 4.4107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2156 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.284 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2163 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.783 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2167 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.976 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2167 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000crp5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.