M4.3 earthquake 291 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 291 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 1:10 AM GMT+13 (12:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2024-12-07 12:10:48 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.636° S, 176.348° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 224°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 631 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 627 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 607 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000p02x. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.