M4.1 earthquake 121 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 121 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 3, 2022, 11:04 AM GMT-12 (23:04 UTC), 275 km (171 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 114 km WNW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-06-03 23:04:36 UTC
- Depth
- 274.7 km (170.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.084° S, 174.927° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2151 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1547 days ago · 299 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4114 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1531 days ago · 263 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.2123 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1586 days ago · 254 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.292 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1594 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.0130 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1594 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8112 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1595 days ago · 280 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.499 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1602 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1605 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hfxv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC.