M4.4 earthquake 269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Sep 12, 2014, 12:23 AM GMT+13 (11:23 UTC), 481 km (299 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-11 11:23:21 UTC
- Depth
- 480.8 km (298.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.059° S, 177.807° 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 15.2 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 4403 days ago · 469 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4401 days ago · 555 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4398 days ago · 520 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4398 days ago · 470 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1273 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4397 days ago · 383 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4393 days ago · 493 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4392 days ago · 577 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4389 days ago · 577 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4387 days ago · 529 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4385 days ago · 528 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4384 days ago · 497 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0260 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4383 days ago · 427 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4382 days ago · 594 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4382 days ago · 475 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4376 days ago · 548 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2288 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4375 days ago · 369 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4374 days ago · 535 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4374 days ago · 613 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4371 days ago · 543 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4371 days ago · 546 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4370 days ago · 440 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4366 days ago · 600 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4364 days ago · 527 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4364 days ago · 497 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4357 days ago · 555 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4264 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4356 days ago · 390 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4355 days ago · 612 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4352 days ago · 584 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4347 days ago · 533 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4409 days ago · 490 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4409 days ago · 581 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4412 days ago · 587 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4417 days ago · 592 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4418 days ago · 599 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4419 days ago · 516 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4424 days ago · 619 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4427 days ago · 529 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4428 days ago · 592 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4434 days ago · 375 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4436 days ago · 582 km deep · 68 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000seb2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC.