M4.6 earthquake 95 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 95 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 11:30 PM GMT+13 (10:30 UTC), 25 km (15 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
- 2023-07-24 10:30:35 UTC
- Depth
- 24.9 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.242° S, 172.958° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5107 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1164 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.6102 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1161 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3157 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1160 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6156 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1137 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.569 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1123 days ago · 57 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.322 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1112 days ago · 118 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kxad. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.