M4.2 earthquake 116 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 116 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 7:56 AM GMT-12 (19:56 UTC), 140 km (87 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 68 km SSE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-14 19:56:02 UTC
- Depth
- 140.5 km (87.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.970° S, 174.090° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 65
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
- 5.868 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 838 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0156 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 829 days ago · 159 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 828 days ago · 176 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4151 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 826 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6133 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 816 days ago · 85 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7141 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 126 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 810 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5113 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 805 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.995 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 798 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000msig. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.