Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 122 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 122 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Oct 29, 2008, 10:45 AM GMT-11 (21:45 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 78 km ENE 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
2008-10-29 21:45:05 UTC
Depth
25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.617° S, 172.711° 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 usp000gmc7. 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.

Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.376 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6541 days ago · 144 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.5120 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6535 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.994 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6530 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.344 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6526 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.952 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6519 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.2108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6519 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.678 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6518 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.3137 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6510 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.7129 km SW of Lotofag?, Samoa · 6510 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.486 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6558 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 5.683 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6568 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 5.279 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6574 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gmc7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.