M4.4 earthquake 140 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 140 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 12:52 PM GMT+13 (23:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 237 km S of ‘Ohonua, 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
- 2018-06-23 23:52:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.604° S, 175.034° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5165 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3001 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.1237 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2986 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5194 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2969 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fqcg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.