Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 119 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 119 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 3:29 PM GMT+13 (02:29 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 159 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-13 02:29:43 UTC
Depth
17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.208° S, 172.715° 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 16.2 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
119°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 904 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.4139 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 892 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.2115 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 883 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.478 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 878 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.6149 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 873 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.5151 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 873 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.589 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 862 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.9159 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 857 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.697 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 856 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.473 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.5169 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 5.2113 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 909 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.481 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 913 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.3133 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 925 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000md7d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.