Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sat, Aug 10, 2024, 8:09 PM GMT+13 (07:09 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 117 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-10 07:09:47 UTC
Depth
24.3 km (15.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.872° S, 173.932° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.684 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 779 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.4104 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 775 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.8118 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 5.8117 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  6. 4.9135 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.670 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.469 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 728 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 5.194 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 727 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.866 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 790 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 6.073 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 796 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.945 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 798 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 5.077 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 799 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000njb6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC.