M4.1 earthquake 146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Jul 15, 2024, 3:12 AM GMT-12 (15:12 UTC), 115 km (71 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-15 15:12:38 UTC
- Depth
- 115.0 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.407° S, 174.440° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5113 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 805 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.995 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 798 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4141 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 788 days ago · 203 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 785 days ago · 184 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4162 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 781 days ago · 219 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6139 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 778 days ago · 180 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.569 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 769 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.0138 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 766 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 760 days ago · 210 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 757 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.7141 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 126 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6133 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 816 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0197 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 817 days ago · 245 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4151 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 826 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0156 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 829 days ago · 159 km deep · 18 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nft8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.