M5.2 earthquake 103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 11:40 PM GMT+14 (09:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-02 09:40:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.235° S, 173.182° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.668 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2122 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9138 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2117 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2098 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.450 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.983 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.586 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.663 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2073 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.7101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1132 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2133 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2141 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.917 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2145 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 6.283 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2154 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 13
- 4.4107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cm25 (also filed as iscgem619564382). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.