Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 14 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 14 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 10:17 PM GMT+13 (09:17 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 61 km N of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-28 09:17:32 UTC
Depth
54.9 km (34.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.836° S, 173.739° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.4 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.481 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 912 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.2113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.761 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 901 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.691 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 895 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.598 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 894 days ago · 153 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.521 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 893 days ago · 70 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.280 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 885 days ago · 201 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.478 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 877 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.385 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 868 days ago · 138 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 866 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 866 days ago · 224 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.589 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 861 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.528 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 859 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 4.174 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 926 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.491 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 934 days ago · 274 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.7112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.572 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 948 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m9nx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC.