M4.3 earthquake 109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 6:24 AM GMT+14 (16:24 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 98 km SE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-11 16:24:48 UTC
- Depth
- 32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.793° S, 173.258° 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, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.699 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2143 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.996 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2140 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2140 days ago · 83 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.478 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2136 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.695 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.693 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2134 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.198 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2117 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9162 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2117 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2108 days ago · 549 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.313 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2103 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cfme. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.