M4.7 earthquake 96 km S of Gataivai, Samoa
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 96 km S of Gataivai, Samoa on Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 1:47 PM GMT+13 (00:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 133 km NNE 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
- 2024-01-30 00:47:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.633° S, 172.518° W
- Region
- Samoa
- 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 8.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 976 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3120 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5145 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.1133 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 942 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 5.0126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 937 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 936 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.2107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0124 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 990 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 995 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6141 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1002 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6140 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1002 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lwe3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.