Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 80 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 80 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 1:04 PM GMT+13 (00:04 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 157 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-06-12 00:04:23 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.292° S, 173.132° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.5157 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1931 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.7139 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.4112 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.417 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1918 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.357 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 5.075 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.4164 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.753 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1907 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.7172 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.843 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1895 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.620 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1893 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.579 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1893 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.881 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1891 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  14. 5.387 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 5.0102 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1879 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.666 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1879 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.953 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1878 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.551 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1878 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 4.667 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.4153 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1941 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.436 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1942 days ago · 102 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.5111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1944 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.8125 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1946 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.436 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1948 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000edst. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:37 AM UTC.