Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 125 km E of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 125 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 2:30 AM GMT+13 (13:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 75 km E of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-06-02 13:30:29 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.959° S, 172.622° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
80

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1944 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.4153 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1941 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.667 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.580 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1936 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.7139 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.4112 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 5.075 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.4164 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.753 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1907 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.7172 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 4.881 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1890 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7

Before

  1. 4.679 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1969 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000egyb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC.