M4.7 earthquake 225 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 225 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga on Sat, Apr 4, 2020, 6:10 AM GMT+13 (17:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 208 km SW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-03 17:10:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.943° S, 176.290° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6142 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2355 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6284 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2346 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6172 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 2342 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7264 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2335 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4201 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2335 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5236 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2334 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3178 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2325 days ago · 353 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.8208 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2322 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008rqq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.