M4.4 earthquake 144 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 144 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 10:47 AM GMT-12 (22:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Tonga region. 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
- 2017-12-12 22:47:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.396° S, 172.644° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.675 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3188 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0Tonga region · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bt5d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:12 AM UTC.