M4.2 earthquake 127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 12:07 PM GMT-12 (00:07 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 100 km NNW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-04 00:07:17 UTC
- Depth
- 125.0 km (77.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.022° S, 174.236° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.284 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 993 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.1100 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 974 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.192 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 973 days ago · 83 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 968 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.6132 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 121 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6127 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 960 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7122 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 958 days ago · 119 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.9127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 957 days ago · 110 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.572 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 948 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m3r5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:51 AM UTC.