M4.6 earthquake 125 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 125 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 12:08 AM GMT+13 (11:08 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-01 11:08:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.675° S, 174.583° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.9152 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2121 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7204 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2121 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3135 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2116 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2109 days ago · 549 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2089 days ago · 148 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2075 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.296 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.0142 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.6136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4119 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 252 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.9133 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2151 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6125 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2151 days ago · 261 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6124 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2152 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cn16. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.