M4.4 earthquake 160 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 160 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 28, 2015, 7:34 PM GMT-12 (07:34 UTC), 303 km (188 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 144 km NW 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
- 2015-11-29 07:34:17 UTC
- Depth
- 302.5 km (188.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 15.779° S, 175.281° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 111
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9150 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3954 days ago · 245 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4228 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3938 days ago · 352 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4172 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3937 days ago · 311 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 3920 days ago · 274 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.9144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3918 days ago · 263 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000420c. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.