M4.2 earthquake 96 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 96 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 1:57 PM GMT+13 (00:57 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 152 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-30 00:57:14 UTC
- Depth
- 59.1 km (36.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.067° S, 174.661° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6125 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2130 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.9152 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2121 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.989 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 5.0142 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.6136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4119 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 252 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4170 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2145 days ago · 218 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6125 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2151 days ago · 261 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6124 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2152 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cmku. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC.