M4.5 earthquake 95 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 95 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 12, 2024, 4:51 AM GMT+13 (15:51 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 112 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-11 15:51:10 UTC
- Depth
- 61.4 km (38.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.107° S, 173.951° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 835 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 831 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4131 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 831 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 826 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 821 days ago · 184 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.222 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 820 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3120 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 813 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.0112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 813 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0137 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 810 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.580 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 806 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.5117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 844 days ago · 249 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 848 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.676 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.094 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 858 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 4.528 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 859 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 866 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.385 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 868 days ago · 138 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n8b0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC.