M4.6 earthquake 141 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 141 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 11:41 AM GMT+13 (22:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 100 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-13 22:41:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.793° S, 173.245° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 742 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5105 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 742 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 728 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.482 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 703 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1119 km SW of Asau, Samoa · 696 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 692 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.499 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 752 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.058 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 754 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.892 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 757 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 766 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4125 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 766 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.493 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 769 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.487 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 771 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5123 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nyty. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC.