M4.3 earthquake 98 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 98 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 9:03 AM GMT+13 (20:03 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 61 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-13 20:03:47 UTC
- Depth
- 46.1 km (28.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.070° S, 173.855° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 20
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.311 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 658 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.861 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 652 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.539 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 650 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.392 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 626 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.589 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 616 days ago · 171 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.523 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 615 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5110 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 610 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.698 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 608 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 604 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 603 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ph5z. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.