M4.1 earthquake 132 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 132 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 11:48 PM GMT+14 (09:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 103 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-28 09:48:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.493° S, 172.655° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 211°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2133 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.2103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2130 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.668 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9138 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2119 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8177 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2117 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2099 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.983 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.586 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cm5p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.