M4.3 earthquake 198 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 198 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 6:02 PM GMT-12 (06:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 180 km WSW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-14 06:02:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.479° S, 175.587° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3261 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1780 days ago · 371 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3256 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1767 days ago · 362 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5180 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1747 days ago · 299 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5232 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1737 days ago · 358 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 5.5164 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3225 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4198 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 1784 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0124 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1809 days ago · 258 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fv6x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.