M4.7 earthquake 54 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 54 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 4:25 AM GMT+13 (15:25 UTC), 53 km (33 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-09 15:25:41 UTC
- Depth
- 53.5 km (33.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.314° S, 173.444° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.563 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1178 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.237 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1177 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.695 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1166 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.5107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1163 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6102 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1161 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5120 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1142 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.569 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1123 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.6105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1189 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.061 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1190 days ago · 55 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.534 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1197 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.8Tonga · 1211 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kr53. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.