Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 216 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 216 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Aug 3, 2016, 1:46 PM GMT+13 (00:46 UTC), 523 km (325 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 270 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
2016-08-03 00:46:23 UTC
Depth
523.2 km (325.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.020° S, 177.292° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 3704 days ago · 607 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.5143 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3704 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3697 days ago · 528 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3695 days ago · 469 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3691 days ago · 480 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.1258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3689 days ago · 384 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3687 days ago · 508 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.0263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3672 days ago · 496 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.4171 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3665 days ago · 206 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3658 days ago · 516 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 4.8263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3656 days ago · 517 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.3278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3729 days ago · 504 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.3276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3729 days ago · 539 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.6268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3731 days ago · 467 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.4293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3734 days ago · 516 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.2190 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3739 days ago · 285 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006afc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.