M4.5 earthquake 127 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 127 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 15, 2024, 10:21 PM GMT+13 (09:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 144 km ESE 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
- 2024-07-15 09:21:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.203° S, 172.635° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4142 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5149 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.7144 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.3154 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7123 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 793 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.692 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 780 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.291 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 762 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.497 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 759 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4124 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4112 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nfsv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC.