M4.5 earthquake 72 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 72 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Feb 29, 2024, 2:16 PM GMT+13 (01:16 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 105 km SSE 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
- 2024-02-29 01:16:09 UTC
- Depth
- 117.9 km (73.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.605° S, 173.843° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.314 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 919 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.488 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 904 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.7105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 903 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.521 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 893 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.9127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 956 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 957 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7122 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 958 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6132 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 121 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 967 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mgwt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.