M4.4 earthquake 250 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 250 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Jan 12, 2017, 8:28 PM GMT-11 (07:28 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 164 km ENE of Neiafu, 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
- 2017-01-13 07:28:08 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.814° S, 171.787° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4207 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3549 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9164 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3536 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6236 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3505 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3208 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3500 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vsy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC.