M4.7 earthquake 106 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 106 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Sep 6, 2024, 10:55 AM GMT-12 (22:55 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 24 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-06 22:55:48 UTC
- Depth
- 88.2 km (54.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.850° S, 174.160° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.760 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 732 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6111 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 723 days ago · 227 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.583 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 722 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5140 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 715 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.455 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 711 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.324 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 709 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.654 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 709 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3113 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 703 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.685 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 701 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nq7v. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC.