M4.7 earthquake 180 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 180 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 2:57 AM GMT+13 (13:57 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-20 13:57:36 UTC
- Depth
- 38.7 km (24.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.856° S, 175.591° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4126 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 757 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4241 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 753 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2169 km SSW of Houma, Tonga · 751 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7248 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 725 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2241 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 718 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ndb7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC.