M4.4 earthquake 79 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 79 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jun 8, 2017, 12:50 PM GMT+13 (23:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 100 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
- 2017-06-07 23:50:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.272° S, 173.552° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 11
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6107 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3402 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3393 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.585 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3393 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3137 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3382 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3380 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.287 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.187 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3372 days ago · 127 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4142 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.587 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3353 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.2119 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.390 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3414 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3417 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9109 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3418 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3133 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3418 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.639 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3422 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.786 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3424 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.499 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3426 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7136 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3430 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.591 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009m68. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC.