Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Jul 8, 2015, 7:39 AM GMT+13 (18:39 UTC), 487 km (303 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 266 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
2015-07-07 18:39:29 UTC
Depth
487.4 km (302.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.181° S, 177.668° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 12.4 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
105

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 4102 days ago · 566 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 4099 days ago · 569 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4098 days ago · 530 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4092 days ago · 497 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4078 days ago · 501 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 4063 days ago · 558 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 4060 days ago · 616 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 545 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.4285 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4058 days ago · 542 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 4057 days ago · 591 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 4055 days ago · 585 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4109 days ago · 484 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4112 days ago · 558 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4113 days ago · 526 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 553 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 445 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 4117 days ago · 588 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 6.0Fiji region · 4121 days ago · 563 km deep · 74 km away · tsunami flag
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 4129 days ago · 453 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.1249 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4130 days ago · 566 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 592 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 572 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4133 days ago · 492 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4133 days ago · 526 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.6Fiji region · 4134 days ago · 578 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4135 days ago · 550 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002vtm. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.