M4.8 earthquake 75 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 75 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 5:06 AM GMT+13 (16:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 121 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
- 2021-11-13 16:06:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.928° S, 173.094° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3153 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.385 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1774 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.858 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.1121 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1760 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4113 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1760 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.695 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.789 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1727 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.079 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1723 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.636 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1789 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.294 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1792 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.774 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.313 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 1793 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6106 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1797 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.331 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1810 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ftue. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.