M4.3 earthquake 85 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 85 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, May 19, 2024, 12:22 AM GMT+13 (11:22 UTC), 138 km (86 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 94 km NNE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-18 11:22:15 UTC
- Depth
- 138.1 km (85.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.412° S, 174.365° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 865 days ago · 224 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.528 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 859 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.094 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 858 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 4.6103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 848 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 844 days ago · 249 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.595 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 844 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.365 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 838 days ago · 242 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 835 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.628 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 833 days ago · 149 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 831 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 828 days ago · 176 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 826 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 821 days ago · 184 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.222 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 820 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.6121 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 881 days ago · 288 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.280 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 885 days ago · 201 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.521 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 893 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.598 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 894 days ago · 153 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.691 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 894 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n0qc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC.