Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 14 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Sep 24, 2008, 5:48 PM GMT-11 (04:48 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 83 km NNE of Hihifo, 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
2008-09-25 04:48:52 UTC
Depth
107.2 km (66.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.077° S, 173.755° 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 usp000ghp7. 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
128°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.279 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6576 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 5.683 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6570 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.494 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6567 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.443 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6567 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.486 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6560 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.562 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6558 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.861 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6549 days ago · 96 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.376 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6543 days ago · 144 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.994 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6532 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.344 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6528 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 5.216 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6588 days ago · 121 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.686 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6590 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.283 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.058 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6602 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 5.377 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6607 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.374 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6610 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ghp7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC.