M4.9 earthquake 144 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 144 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Mar 2, 2024, 6:54 PM GMT+13 (05:54 UTC), 251 km (156 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 74 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-02 05:54:23 UTC
- Depth
- 250.9 km (155.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.909° S, 175.109° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3180 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 926 days ago · 262 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3196 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 912 days ago · 253 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.582 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 912 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.674 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 911 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3182 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 909 days ago · 241 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8169 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 902 days ago · 236 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 889 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mg9l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.