Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Jun 23, 2018, 8:17 AM GMT+13 (19:17 UTC), 505 km (314 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-06-22 19:17:15 UTC
Depth
504.6 km (313.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.617° S, 177.565° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
104°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3019 days ago · 544 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 3019 days ago · 554 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 589 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 555 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.2286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3016 days ago · 422 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 542 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 563 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3014 days ago · 515 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 3008 days ago · 403 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.2298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3005 days ago · 563 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2990 days ago · 585 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.2266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2990 days ago · 545 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2989 days ago · 431 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.1259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2988 days ago · 512 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2985 days ago · 548 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 2984 days ago · 460 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 2984 days ago · 657 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 2979 days ago · 606 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2975 days ago · 509 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 2971 days ago · 599 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 2967 days ago · 558 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 2965 days ago · 590 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 4.2291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2964 days ago · 576 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 5.0Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 578 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2961 days ago · 531 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.2267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3024 days ago · 526 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.0297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3026 days ago · 428 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.4286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3028 days ago · 531 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3032 days ago · 563 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3034 days ago · 535 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3039 days ago · 449 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.8274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3041 days ago · 516 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3047 days ago · 547 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fqan. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC.