M4.7 earthquake 122 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 122 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 11:53 AM GMT-12 (23:53 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 127 km SSW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-18 23:53:10 UTC
- Depth
- 119.3 km (74.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.990° S, 174.206° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 956 days ago · 110 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.572 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 948 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1167 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 917 days ago · 253 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.488 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 905 days ago · 117 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 903 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m036. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC.