M4.4 earthquake 259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 3:26 AM GMT+13 (14:26 UTC), 424 km (264 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-19 14:26:40 UTC
- Depth
- 424.2 km (263.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.804° S, 177.246° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1226 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 388 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3386 days ago · 559 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 551 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 561 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 422 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 555 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3354 days ago · 575 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3216 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3345 days ago · 303 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3343 days ago · 518 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3342 days ago · 503 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 584 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3339 days ago · 386 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3338 days ago · 602 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 489 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 499 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3336 days ago · 534 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3333 days ago · 505 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3332 days ago · 491 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3396 days ago · 462 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3403 days ago · 400 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 559 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009pak. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC.