M4.5 earthquake 69 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 69 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 7:50 AM GMT+13 (18:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 74 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
- 2024-12-30 18:50:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.872° S, 173.154° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5153 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 639 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.174 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 631 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.392 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 626 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.523 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 615 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.681 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.7135 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 611 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 607 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.699 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.539 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 650 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.861 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 652 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.311 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 658 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.470 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 660 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5138 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 662 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pgir. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.