Tonga earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 116 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 116 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 2:17 PM GMT+13 (01:17 UTC), 274 km (170 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 188 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-05 01:17:51 UTC
Depth
273.8 km (170.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.687° S, 174.850° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.691 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 895 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.598 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 895 days ago · 153 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.6131 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 891 days ago · 284 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.280 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 886 days ago · 201 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.6121 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 881 days ago · 288 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.385 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 868 days ago · 138 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 866 days ago · 224 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.528 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 860 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.5123 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 256 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.8188 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.4163 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 920 days ago · 310 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.491 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 934 days ago · 274 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.9149 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 939 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbps. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC.