M4.5 earthquake 70 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 70 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 1:08 PM GMT+13 (00:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 109 km NE 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-25 00:08:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.181° S, 173.182° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.546 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2219 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.181 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.485 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2210 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2207 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.377 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2202 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.462 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2200 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.770 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2180 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1111 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2175 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.665 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2170 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.686 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.771 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2230 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.885 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.831 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2239 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 5.0100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bfak. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.