M4.3 earthquake 203 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 203 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 2:41 AM GMT-12 (14:41 UTC), 301 km (187 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 212 km ESE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-15 14:41:08 UTC
- Depth
- 300.6 km (186.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 15.747° S, 175.680° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9212 km ESE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2361 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2118 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2361 days ago · 285 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3265 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2331 days ago · 372 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008c3x. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.