M4.4 earthquake 43 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 43 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 7:23 AM GMT+14 (17:23 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 73 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
- 2017-12-25 17:23:45 UTC
- Depth
- 117.5 km (73.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.661° S, 174.069° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.222 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3198 days ago · 129 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.973 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3185 days ago · 147 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.541 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3183 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3179 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Tonga · 3176 days ago · 117 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4122 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3168 days ago · 240 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.974 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3150 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.399 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3143 days ago · 268 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.520 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3207 days ago · 127 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3208 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.648 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.541 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3214 days ago · 137 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.997 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.721 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3220 days ago · 155 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 5.382 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.294 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.560 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3228 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.595 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3231 days ago · 200 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bw3n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.