M4.1 earthquake 112 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 112 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 8:42 AM GMT-12 (20:42 UTC), 290 km (180 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 78 km SSW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-24 20:42:42 UTC
- Depth
- 289.9 km (180.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.335° S, 174.771° 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 14.6 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3121 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2288 days ago · 302 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2107 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2255 days ago · 277 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.550 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2251 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5141 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2250 days ago · 151 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.678 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2243 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000afr8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:10 AM UTC.