M4.5 earthquake 111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 9:37 PM GMT+13 (08:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 100 km NNE 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
- 2024-10-15 08:37:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.580° S, 172.826° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 20
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2122 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.451 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 694 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9163 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 692 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.017 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 687 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5109 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 686 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8125 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 678 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5138 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 662 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000npvr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.