M4.4 earthquake 234 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 234 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 1, 2017, 11:49 PM GMT-12 (11:49 UTC), 369 km (230 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 248 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
- 2017-11-02 11:49:29 UTC
- Depth
- 369.4 km (229.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.174° S, 175.973° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 12.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1183 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3249 days ago · 449 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5248 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3200 days ago · 340 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bll2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.