M4.3 earthquake 225 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 225 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 12:27 AM GMT-12 (12:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 164 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-13 12:27:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.358° S, 175.808° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5164 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 4.6176 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 1783 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3198 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1783 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3261 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1780 days ago · 371 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3256 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1767 days ago · 362 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5232 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1737 days ago · 358 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1732 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fv50. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.