M4.6 earthquake 102 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 102 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 4:41 AM GMT+13 (15:41 UTC), 174 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 149 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-19 15:41:49 UTC
- Depth
- 173.6 km (107.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.312° S, 174.479° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9149 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 940 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.491 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 934 days ago · 274 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5134 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 933 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.174 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 927 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4163 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 921 days ago · 310 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.314 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 920 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0116 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 913 days ago · 274 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.761 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 901 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 5.688 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 959 days ago · 222 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.5177 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 959 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 960 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3117 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 305 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.675 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 964 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5123 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 966 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.298 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 967 days ago · 170 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4175 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 972 days ago · 298 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.795 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 975 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.697 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 977 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m13x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.