M4.4 earthquake 54 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 2:04 PM GMT+14 (00:04 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 75 km SSE 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
- 2018-11-09 00:04:21 UTC
- Depth
- 125.7 km (78.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.119° S, 173.320° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 29
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.539 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2881 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.189 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2873 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7110 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2871 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.916 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2860 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2860 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.375 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2856 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.673 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2852 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.292 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2838 days ago · 156 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hsqh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC.