M4.6 earthquake 170 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 170 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 6:36 PM GMT+13 (05:36 UTC), 208 km (129 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 109 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, 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
- 2020-11-11 05:36:44 UTC
- Depth
- 207.6 km (129.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.803° S, 176.017° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6236 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7155 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.9109 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2140 days ago · 198 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4185 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2135 days ago · 285 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.8158 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2133 days ago · 220 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4118 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2127 days ago · 163 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3119 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2125 days ago · 192 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.9135 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2121 days ago · 180 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cd9k. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.