Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 124 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 124 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 5:13 AM GMT+13 (16:13 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-18 16:13:35 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.238° S, 172.899° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.4112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.796 km S of Gataivai, Samoa · 978 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.697 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 976 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 5.0116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 975 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.278 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.3120 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 962 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.5101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 959 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.7119 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 956 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.5145 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 952 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 5.1133 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 941 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  12. 5.0126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 936 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.7112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 4.7118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 994 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.4125 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 995 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.6141 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1001 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.6140 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1001 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.4115 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1006 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.588 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.3107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1009 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.699 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1009 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.4126 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 5.4102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1016 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m4fu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.