M4.3 earthquake 117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 3:44 PM GMT-12 (03:44 UTC), 305 km (189 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 88 km W 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
- 2024-02-14 03:44:41 UTC
- Depth
- 304.8 km (189.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 15.999° S, 174.894° 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 9.2 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5177 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 960 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.688 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 960 days ago · 222 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6102 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 959 days ago · 174 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.9149 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 941 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.491 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 935 days ago · 274 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4163 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 921 days ago · 310 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1167 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 918 days ago · 253 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0116 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 913 days ago · 274 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m06n. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.