M4.5 earthquake 56 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 56 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 10:28 PM GMT+13 (09:28 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 111 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-24 09:28:54 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.820° S, 175.114° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.720 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2348 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.478 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 6.0111 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2319 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 4.558 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2313 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.3120 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2312 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700097fl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC.