Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 148 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 148 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 2:25 PM GMT-12 (02:25 UTC), 157 km (98 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-02-07 02:25:06 UTC
Depth
157.1 km (97.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
17.182° S, 174.357° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 9.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
70

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3174 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2054 days ago · 262 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.0106 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2041 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.4143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2033 days ago · 87 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.4110 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2031 days ago · 140 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.685 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2003 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 4.581 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2071 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.8143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2073 days ago · 92 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.6120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2088 days ago · 148 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000df96 (also filed as iscgem619810838). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC.