M4.2 earthquake 37 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 37 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 3:03 PM GMT+13 (02:03 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 102 km SSE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-13 02:03:39 UTC
- Depth
- 110.1 km (68.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.203° S, 174.029° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1175 days ago · 174 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.289 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1175 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2121 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1173 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 1172 days ago · 164 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 1171 days ago · 206 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6102 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1161 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4126 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1149 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5120 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1142 days ago · 140 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.488 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1127 days ago · 207 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.680 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1118 days ago · 136 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.563 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1178 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3106 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1178 days ago · 285 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.754 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1181 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.259 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1188 days ago · 171 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1189 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.061 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1190 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.534 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1198 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 62 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.558 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kh47. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC.