M4.4 earthquake 89 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 89 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:32 AM GMT+14 (14:32 UTC), 231 km (143 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 21 km SW 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
- 2017-10-24 14:32:13 UTC
- Depth
- 230.9 km (143.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.727° S, 174.597° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.683 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3248 days ago · 156 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1183 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3248 days ago · 449 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.732 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3242 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.595 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 200 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.560 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.294 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.721 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3219 days ago · 155 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.541 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3214 days ago · 137 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.520 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3206 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000b04e. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.