M4.7 earthquake 91 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 91 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 3:37 AM GMT-12 (15:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 km W 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
- 2023-11-18 15:37:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.291° S, 174.576° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.287 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1050 days ago · 160 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.0104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1045 days ago · 277 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1173 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1022 days ago · 261 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.191 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1015 days ago · 176 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1004 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.234 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1000 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.284 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 993 days ago · 121 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lpc6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.