Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 21 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 11:44 AM GMT+13 (22:44 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 68 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-23 22:44:37 UTC
Depth
69.9 km (43.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.820° S, 173.652° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.280 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 887 days ago · 201 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.478 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 878 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.385 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 869 days ago · 138 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 867 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 867 days ago · 224 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.589 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 863 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.528 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 861 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 5.094 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 859 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.697 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 857 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.473 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.676 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.6103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 849 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.595 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 845 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.365 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 839 days ago · 242 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 5.868 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 839 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 836 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.628 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 834 days ago · 149 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.761 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 902 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.2113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 909 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.481 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 913 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.314 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 920 days ago · 55 km deep · 9 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mv96. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.