M4.1 earthquake 74 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 74 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 3:24 PM GMT+13 (02:24 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-22 02:24:11 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.288° S, 173.736° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.314 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 919 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 907 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.4127 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 903 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 4.761 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 900 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.521 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 892 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.385 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 868 days ago · 138 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 865 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m896. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC.