Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Dec 8, 2017, 1:07 PM GMT+13 (00:07 UTC), 447 km (278 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-12-08 00:07:37 UTC
Depth
446.6 km (277.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.812° S, 177.872° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 475 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3216 days ago · 490 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3214 days ago · 379 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.2271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3210 days ago · 530 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3209 days ago · 609 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.3298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3206 days ago · 502 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3206 days ago · 516 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3199 days ago · 367 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3195 days ago · 537 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 4.1287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 450 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.5255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 462 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3183 days ago · 492 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.5276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3178 days ago · 494 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 3172 days ago · 589 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3171 days ago · 539 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 3169 days ago · 550 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.4251 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3169 days ago · 382 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 4.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3168 days ago · 473 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 3167 days ago · 512 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 3160 days ago · 553 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 4.5Fiji region · 3159 days ago · 573 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3159 days ago · 467 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 4.2279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3222 days ago · 526 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 573 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.6260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3226 days ago · 509 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3226 days ago · 479 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 549 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.2257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3240 days ago · 521 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.5263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3240 days ago · 348 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 576 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3242 days ago · 507 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 3247 days ago · 577 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c4fd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.