Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 10 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 6, 2020, 11:12 PM GMT+13 (10:12 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 79 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-07-06 10:12:53 UTC
Depth
107.8 km (67.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.878° S, 173.850° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.556 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 121 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.593 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.399 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2265 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.424 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.2107 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2255 days ago · 277 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.550 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2251 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.678 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2243 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.5Tonga · 2241 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.831 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2239 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.885 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.771 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2230 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.686 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.5108 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 5.679 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.570 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.7102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 4.546 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2218 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.375 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.975 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2295 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.747 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.957 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2301 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.888 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2306 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.350 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ainb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC.