M4.5 earthquake 117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 8:52 PM GMT+13 (07:52 UTC), 249 km (155 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 28 km WSW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-11 07:52:39 UTC
- Depth
- 249.3 km (154.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.422° S, 174.739° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.595 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 844 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.365 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 839 days ago · 242 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.628 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 833 days ago · 149 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 832 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 828 days ago · 176 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 822 days ago · 184 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.222 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 820 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5137 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 818 days ago · 297 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.580 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 807 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mrnf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC.