M4.5 earthquake 70 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Jul 22, 2024, 8:32 AM GMT+13 (19:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 56 km SW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-21 19:32:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.334° S, 174.561° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.956 km SW of Neiafu, Tonga · 802 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4141 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 787 days ago · 203 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 785 days ago · 184 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4162 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 781 days ago · 219 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6139 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 778 days ago · 180 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.552 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 775 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3106 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 773 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.569 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 769 days ago · 58 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nhle. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.