Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 143 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 143 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 5:40 PM GMT+13 (04:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 141 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-07-14 04:40:23 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.975° S, 172.914° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.1141 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2265 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  2. 4.9129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2265 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.4155 km SSW of Lotofag?, Samoa · 2265 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.3140 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2265 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.399 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2265 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.4112 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.6113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.2138 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 4.6111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2252 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.3135 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2250 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 4.4115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.4110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.6126 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2239 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.8111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.6111 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 4.7102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.181 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 5.4123 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2214 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.593 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.0133 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2276 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.8119 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2276 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.6118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2278 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000asgx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.