M4.2 earthquake 78 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 78 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 9:11 PM GMT+13 (08:11 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 23 km WNW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-28 08:11:45 UTC
- Depth
- 100.6 km (62.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.572° S, 174.151° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4110 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 638 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2150 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 635 days ago · 280 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.523 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 616 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.585 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 598 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.539 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 596 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.699 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.311 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 659 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.470 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 661 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.961 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 669 days ago · 188 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3170 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 674 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000piwi. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.