Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Jan 2, 2008, 2:32 AM GMT+13 (13:32 UTC), 507 km (315 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-01-01 13:32:40 UTC
Depth
506.9 km (315.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.676° S, 177.600° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000fvsq. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
139°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6844 days ago · 552 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 6842 days ago · 612 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.2236 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6838 days ago · 524 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 6825 days ago · 557 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6824 days ago · 482 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 547 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 565 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6822 days ago · 517 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 6811 days ago · 602 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6808 days ago · 568 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6801 days ago · 446 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 3.6272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6800 days ago · 475 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.9259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6799 days ago · 488 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6798 days ago · 497 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 6797 days ago · 523 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.3244 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6790 days ago · 266 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.1284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6789 days ago · 504 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6851 days ago · 498 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 3.9261 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6851 days ago · 337 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 6855 days ago · 556 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6856 days ago · 600 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 6863 days ago · 406 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6867 days ago · 526 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 6870 days ago · 524 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6871 days ago · 544 km deep · 49 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fvsq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC.