M4.3 earthquake 65 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 65 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 12:03 AM GMT+13 (11:03 UTC), 242 km (150 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 95 km SSW 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
- 2024-06-17 11:03:47 UTC
- Depth
- 241.8 km (150.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.047° S, 174.396° 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, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.628 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 833 days ago · 149 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 832 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 828 days ago · 176 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 822 days ago · 184 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.222 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 820 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5137 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 818 days ago · 297 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.580 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 807 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.995 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 798 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.5117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 845 days ago · 249 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5123 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 256 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.528 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 860 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.398 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 864 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 866 days ago · 224 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.385 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 869 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n8f4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.