M4.5 earthquake 82 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 82 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 7:23 AM GMT+13 (18:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 74 km NW 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
- 2024-04-04 18:23:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.090° S, 174.498° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.674 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 912 days ago · 115 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3182 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 911 days ago · 241 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 890 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4160 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 875 days ago · 209 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.061 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 873 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.493 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 855 days ago · 129 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbp7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.