M4.0 earthquake 17 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 17 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 9:20 AM GMT+13 (20:20 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 74 km ESE 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
- 2024-11-15 20:20:26 UTC
- Depth
- 95.3 km (59.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.860° S, 173.666° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5109 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 685 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.961 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 669 days ago · 188 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.470 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 660 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.398 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 659 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.311 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 658 days ago · 97 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.861 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 652 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.539 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 650 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.278 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 645 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.569 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 642 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.174 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.4105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 690 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 692 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.451 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 694 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.685 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 701 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.482 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 703 days ago · 87 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.654 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 708 days ago · 116 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.324 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 709 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.455 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 710 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nuza. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.