M4.3 earthquake 180 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 180 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 1:08 AM GMT+13 (12:08 UTC), 262 km (163 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 82 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-21 12:08:30 UTC
- Depth
- 262.1 km (162.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.593° S, 175.277° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1167 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 917 days ago · 253 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3196 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 913 days ago · 253 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.582 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 912 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3182 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 909 days ago · 241 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 889 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4160 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 873 days ago · 209 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1203 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 867 days ago · 203 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mk8u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.