M4.5 earthquake 145 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 145 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 5:26 PM GMT+13 (04:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 127 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-24 04:26:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.112° S, 172.752° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1133 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 941 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 5.0126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 935 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 934 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 907 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.4127 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 903 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.7119 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 959 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3120 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 961 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.278 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 974 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.697 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 976 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.796 km S of Gataivai, Samoa · 977 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 980 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mfua. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC.