M4.0 earthquake 86 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 86 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 11:48 AM GMT+13 (22:48 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 151 km ESE 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-13 22:48:10 UTC
- Depth
- 37.3 km (23.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.247° S, 173.045° 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, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.426 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 990 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.584 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9151 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 967 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 957 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7160 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 956 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7119 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.572 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 947 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m4qb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.