M4.5 earthquake 136 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 136 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 8:49 AM GMT+13 (19:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 85 km N 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-03 19:49:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.755° S, 173.495° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1944 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7106 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1916 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.690 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1912 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1901 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.570 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1894 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.085 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.896 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1893 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.881 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1891 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
- 4.6105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eb73. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.