M4.2 earthquake 176 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 176 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 4:19 AM GMT-12 (16:19 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 95 km SSW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-14 16:19:23 UTC
- Depth
- 121.2 km (75.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.264° S, 174.808° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2116 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 841 days ago · 140 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0156 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 828 days ago · 159 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0197 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 817 days ago · 245 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6133 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 816 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7141 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 810 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.995 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 798 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4141 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 788 days ago · 203 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 785 days ago · 184 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4162 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 781 days ago · 219 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n8cw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC.