M4.3 earthquake 92 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 92 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Oct 6, 2023, 11:24 PM GMT+13 (10:24 UTC), 190 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 65 km NW 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
- 2023-10-06 10:24:21 UTC
- Depth
- 189.9 km (118.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.556° S, 174.553° 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 14.5 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.565 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1090 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4106 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1085 days ago · 173 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.280 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1081 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.644 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1071 days ago · 146 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.499 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1054 days ago · 194 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.791 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1050 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1050 days ago · 160 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.0104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1045 days ago · 277 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lesp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.