M4.4 earthquake 122 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 122 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 4:28 AM GMT+14 (14:28 UTC), 240 km (149 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 139 km WNW 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
- 2018-01-29 14:28:02 UTC
- Depth
- 239.5 km (148.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.479° S, 174.831° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.399 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3143 days ago · 268 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7139 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3141 days ago · 254 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5132 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3139 days ago · 251 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2196 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3114 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cqwv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC.