M4.0 earthquake 124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 19, 2024, 8:41 PM GMT+13 (07:41 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 113 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-19 07:41:52 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.919° S, 173.198° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 10
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7160 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.572 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 949 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.0206 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 942 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3133 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 925 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7161 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 920 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.2113 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 909 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.488 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 906 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5119 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 905 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 904 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m13m. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC.