M4.0 earthquake 156 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 156 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 5:48 PM GMT-12 (05:48 UTC), 159 km (99 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 95 km SSW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-27 05:48:06 UTC
- Depth
- 159.1 km (98.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.266° S, 174.352° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4151 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 826 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6133 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 816 days ago · 85 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7141 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 812 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 811 days ago · 115 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5113 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 805 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.995 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 798 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4141 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 788 days ago · 203 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 785 days ago · 184 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4162 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 782 days ago · 219 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.569 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 769 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mx2m. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.