M4.8 earthquake 60 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 60 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 1:18 PM GMT+14 (23:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 33 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-07 23:18:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.153° S, 173.274° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.933 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2060 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.515 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2043 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.663 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.323 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2022 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.674 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2017 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.685 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2003 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.696 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.9114 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.572 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.663 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2073 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.586 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.526 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2080 days ago · 159 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.983 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.450 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dh2g. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.