M4.5 earthquake 66 km S of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 66 km S of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 5:05 AM GMT+13 (16:05 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 13 km N 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
- 2024-12-28 16:05:08 UTC
- Depth
- 56.1 km (34.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.246° S, 173.892° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 26
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.953 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 640 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8136 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.998 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 635 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7104 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 633 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.013 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 613 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4139 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 598 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.8106 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 652 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3111 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 655 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2132 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 666 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.114 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 667 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4114 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 674 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pix4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.