M4.3 earthquake 155 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 155 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 6:20 AM GMT+13 (17:20 UTC), 230 km (143 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 148 km NW of Fangale’ounga, 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
- 2024-01-16 17:20:17 UTC
- Depth
- 230.3 km (143.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.391° S, 175.428° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 16
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.4148 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 989 days ago · 209 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5201 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 972 days ago · 169 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2180 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 968 days ago · 214 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.591 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 952 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.758 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 952 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4181 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 946 days ago · 207 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.9144 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 945 days ago · 251 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lt8t. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC.