M4.5 earthquake 69 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 69 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Aug 26, 2024, 10:03 AM GMT+13 (21:03 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 132 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
- 2024-08-25 21:03:58 UTC
- Depth
- 58.4 km (36.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.155° S, 174.389° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.585 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 745 days ago · 112 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.038 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 743 days ago · 127 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3117 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 723 days ago · 237 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9132 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 711 days ago · 230 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.3106 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 774 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.552 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 776 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6139 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 779 days ago · 180 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4162 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 782 days ago · 219 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 786 days ago · 184 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4141 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 789 days ago · 203 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ngcb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC.