M4.6 earthquake 105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jul 2, 2023, 12:50 PM GMT+13 (23:50 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 107 km ESE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-01 23:50:11 UTC
- Depth
- 82.4 km (51.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.831° S, 173.403° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.754 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1181 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.237 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1178 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2121 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1173 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.695 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1166 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.5107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1164 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6102 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1161 days ago · 50 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4126 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1149 days ago · 108 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3151 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1147 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5120 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1142 days ago · 140 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6156 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1138 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 5.061 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1190 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1196 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2133 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8Tonga · 1211 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kpiq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.