Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 131 km W of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 131 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 6:05 AM GMT-12 (18:05 UTC), 284 km (177 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-25 18:05:22 UTC
Depth
284.4 km (176.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.087° S, 175.018° W
Region
Tonga
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
79

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.280 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 887 days ago · 201 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.6121 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 882 days ago · 288 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.1224 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 871 days ago · 358 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 867 days ago · 224 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.0228 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 855 days ago · 325 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.5123 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 853 days ago · 256 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.5117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 846 days ago · 249 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.365 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 839 days ago · 242 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 4.598 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 895 days ago · 153 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.691 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 896 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.0116 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 913 days ago · 274 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.1167 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 918 days ago · 253 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.4163 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 921 days ago · 310 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mtt8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.