M4.4 earthquake 147 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 147 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Mar 5, 2015, 10:39 PM GMT-12 (10:39 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 138 km S of Hihifo, Tonga. 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
- 2015-03-06 10:39:35 UTC
- Depth
- 89.3 km (55.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.177° S, 174.358° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6138 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4213 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6113 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 4202 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.281 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4199 days ago · 139 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.689 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4184 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4183 days ago · 277 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 4183 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6140 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 4180 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.678 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4232 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.684 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4234 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4234 days ago · 134 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.691 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4251 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4252 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5102 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4256 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7115 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4259 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 4260 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001l8z. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.