M4.5 earthquake 89 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 89 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 5:35 AM GMT+14 (15:35 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 93 km NNE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-16 15:35:06 UTC
- Depth
- 106.5 km (66.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.158° S, 173.922° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.399 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2409 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.695 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.58 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2400 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7104 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.484 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2379 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.295 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2367 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.249 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2360 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.393 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2359 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.683 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 91 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.481 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.657 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2425 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.678 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 129 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.536 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2446 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007u8a. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.