M4.3 earthquake 102 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 102 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Dec 3, 2020, 7:35 AM GMT+14 (17:35 UTC), 279 km (174 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 26 km WNW 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
- 2020-12-02 17:35:46 UTC
- Depth
- 279.4 km (173.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.555° S, 174.654° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2094 days ago · 266 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.295 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2087 days ago · 302 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.197 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 253 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.450 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.526 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2081 days ago · 159 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.570 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cn2x. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC.