M4.3 earthquake 120 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 120 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Feb 15, 2024, 8:32 AM GMT+13 (19:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 127 km NE 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 19:32:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.123° S, 173.071° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 959 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5145 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 953 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.1133 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 941 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 5.0126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 936 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.7112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5134 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 932 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.174 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 926 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.4127 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 903 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.278 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.795 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 974 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.0116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 975 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.697 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 977 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.796 km S of Gataivai, Samoa · 978 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.0124 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.361 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 989 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m07c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC.