M4.5 earthquake 80 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 80 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 1:15 PM GMT+13 (00:15 UTC), 99 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km N 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
- 2024-07-19 00:15:15 UTC
- Depth
- 99.3 km (61.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.336° S, 174.196° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.493 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 765 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2103 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 757 days ago · 191 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.058 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 753 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.499 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 751 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.222 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 820 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 821 days ago · 184 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 826 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 828 days ago · 176 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 831 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.628 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 833 days ago · 149 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 835 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nh4y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC.