M4.4 earthquake 119 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 119 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 10:08 AM GMT+13 (21:08 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 117 km ENE 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
- 2018-06-14 21:08:29 UTC
- Depth
- 31.3 km (19.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.890° S, 173.591° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 7
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3117 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3031 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9
- 4.683 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3017 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.878 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.256 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3006 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5138 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3005 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.8136 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2997 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.690 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2984 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.393 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.5129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3035 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.0Samoa Islands region · 3038 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.586 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3043 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.4133 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3044 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.8141 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3044 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.599 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3045 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.567 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3057 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ewm1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC.