M4.4 earthquake 125 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 125 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Mar 2, 2018, 9:06 AM GMT+14 (19:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 92 km NNE of Hihifo, 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
- 2018-03-01 19:06:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.057° S, 173.075° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.982 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3136 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.093 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3133 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.873 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3129 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.697 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3123 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.192 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3107 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.899 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3092 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3091 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.563 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3085 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d27x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.