M4.5 earthquake 28 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 28 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, May 27, 2024, 8:31 PM GMT+13 (07:31 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 68 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
- 2024-05-27 07:31:54 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.757° S, 173.962° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.094 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 858 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 4.473 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.676 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 848 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 844 days ago · 249 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.595 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 844 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.365 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 838 days ago · 242 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.868 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 837 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 835 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.628 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 833 days ago · 149 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 831 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 828 days ago · 176 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 826 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 821 days ago · 184 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.222 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 820 days ago · 106 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.580 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 807 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 865 days ago · 224 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 866 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.385 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 868 days ago · 138 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6121 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 881 days ago · 288 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.280 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 885 days ago · 201 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n18g. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.