Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 12:28 AM GMT+13 (11:28 UTC), 555 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-07-24 11:28:59 UTC
Depth
554.7 km (344.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.809° S, 177.256° 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 19.4 km horizontally, 18.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 3354 days ago · 575 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.3216 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3345 days ago · 303 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.2270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3342 days ago · 518 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.1278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3342 days ago · 503 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 584 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.2253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3339 days ago · 386 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3338 days ago · 602 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.3256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 489 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3337 days ago · 499 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3335 days ago · 534 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3333 days ago · 505 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3332 days ago · 491 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.6Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 577 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 4.4277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3322 days ago · 532 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 381 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 3319 days ago · 354 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 542 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 4.5299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3300 days ago · 564 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 4.4230 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3299 days ago · 374 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 593 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3358 days ago · 422 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3372 days ago · 591 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.0272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 561 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3375 days ago · 602 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 551 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a24f. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC.