Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 4:00 AM GMT+13 (15:00 UTC), 467 km (290 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-12-10 15:00:54 UTC
Depth
466.7 km (290.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.218° S, 178.068° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2849 days ago · 539 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2846 days ago · 565 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 588 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.4236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2837 days ago · 555 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2834 days ago · 580 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.7296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2829 days ago · 525 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 2829 days ago · 537 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.7268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2828 days ago · 481 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 543 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2819 days ago · 545 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2809 days ago · 587 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 545 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 6.2Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 588 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 5.3Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 583 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 2801 days ago · 585 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2799 days ago · 457 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 482 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2852 days ago · 412 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2854 days ago · 558 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 543 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.9Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 525 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2856 days ago · 551 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2858 days ago · 478 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 5.0Fiji region · 2859 days ago · 562 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2861 days ago · 544 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 5.0Fiji region · 2867 days ago · 532 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2867 days ago · 528 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 4.0264 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2872 days ago · 483 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.4254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2872 days ago · 486 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.2256 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2873 days ago · 535 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.1254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2873 days ago · 360 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 2875 days ago · 613 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000itm4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:13 AM UTC.