M4.0 earthquake 108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 6:20 AM GMT+13 (17:20 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-29 17:20:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.151° S, 173.220° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 10
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.482 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 704 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 692 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.017 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 688 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8125 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 679 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5138 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 663 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.398 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 660 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.861 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 653 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.539 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 651 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ns1a. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC.