M4.4 earthquake 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 13, 2017, 11:40 PM GMT+14 (09:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 27 km NNE 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 09:40:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.404° S, 173.119° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.088 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3515 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.745 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3509 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3490 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.827 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.516 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3475 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.693 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3464 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008lry. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC.