Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 99 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 99 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 2, 2008, 4:49 PM GMT-12 (04:49 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 60 km S 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
2008-12-03 04:49:38 UTC
Depth
103.9 km (64.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.805° S, 174.105° 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 usp000gpv2. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
24

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.122 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6512 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.5124 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6509 days ago · 185 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.859 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6502 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.881 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6501 days ago · 140 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.434 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6498 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.090 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6493 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.6148 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6488 days ago · 200 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.960 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6470 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.758 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6454 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Tonga · 6520 days ago · 131 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.077 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 6521 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.5158 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6529 days ago · 227 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.2154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6538 days ago · 223 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.4151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6538 days ago · 150 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.4165 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 6541 days ago · 238 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 5.7152 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6541 days ago · 188 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gpv2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.