M4.6 earthquake 99 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 99 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 24, 2024, 9:29 AM GMT+13 (20:29 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-23 20:29:20 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.685° S, 173.260° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.278 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 645 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.569 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 643 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4110 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 638 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.174 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 631 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.681 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.585 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 598 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000phnm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.