M4.7 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 3:43 PM GMT-12 (03:43 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 105 km NNE of Neiafu, 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
- 2023-06-25 03:43:26 UTC
- Depth
- 36.2 km (22.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.501° S, 173.323° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0105 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1190 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1190 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6102 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1162 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8106 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1156 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4126 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1150 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3151 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1148 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5120 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1143 days ago · 140 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6156 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1138 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kq2r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.