M4.4 earthquake 239 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 239 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 1:41 AM GMT-12 (13:41 UTC), 371 km (231 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 239 km WNW 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
- 2017-02-15 13:41:13 UTC
- Depth
- 371.3 km (230.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 15.994° S, 176.029° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 65
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7188 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3508 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1257 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3490 days ago · 273 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8239 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3465 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008jz5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.