M4.4 earthquake 152 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 152 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 7:20 PM GMT-12 (07:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 188 km WSW 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
- 2017-02-13 07:20:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.556° S, 175.078° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.394 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3517 days ago · 176 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3113 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3516 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.270 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3516 days ago · 139 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7188 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3507 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2180 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3498 days ago · 289 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008lrq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.