M4.5 earthquake 123 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 123 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga on Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 11:42 PM GMT+13 (10:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 136 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-30 10:42:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.050° S, 173.181° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8136 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7104 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 633 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4139 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 598 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pj7b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.