Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 12:55 PM GMT+13 (23:55 UTC), 504 km (313 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-08-30 23:55:06 UTC
Depth
504.5 km (313.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.513° S, 177.496° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
85°
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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 2950 days ago · 554 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 603 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.1276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2949 days ago · 533 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 585 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2941 days ago · 422 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2937 days ago · 524 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 5.5Fiji region · 2933 days ago · 516 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2926 days ago · 472 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2925 days ago · 514 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.6281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2919 days ago · 528 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2919 days ago · 494 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.1275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2917 days ago · 512 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.1244 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2914 days ago · 421 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.4292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2910 days ago · 613 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2909 days ago · 483 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 2908 days ago · 589 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.2260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2903 days ago · 480 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2898 days ago · 568 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 2897 days ago · 560 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2895 days ago · 408 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 4.6281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2894 days ago · 519 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 4.3194 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2894 days ago · 330 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.2262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2953 days ago · 508 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2953 days ago · 316 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2958 days ago · 480 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2961 days ago · 531 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 542 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.2291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2964 days ago · 576 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.1298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2965 days ago · 521 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.5249 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2969 days ago · 410 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2969 days ago · 543 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2971 days ago · 599 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2975 days ago · 509 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hade. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.