M4.4 earthquake 135 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 135 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, 7:25 PM GMT-12 (07:25 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 131 km NE of Neiafu, 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
- 2018-04-04 07:25:06 UTC
- Depth
- 77.7 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.467° S, 173.654° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6161 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3096 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7109 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3088 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.457 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3063 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.5131 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3054 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4113 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3051 days ago · 167 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dyv2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.