Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 7:07 PM GMT+13 (06:07 UTC), 519 km (323 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-22 06:07:42 UTC
Depth
519.3 km (322.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.153° S, 177.595° 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 16.6 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2810 days ago · 545 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2805 days ago · 562 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2803 days ago · 457 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2797 days ago · 560 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2796 days ago · 593 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2793 days ago · 614 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.9Fiji region · 2792 days ago · 545 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2784 days ago · 535 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2782 days ago · 536 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2779 days ago · 576 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2768 days ago · 384 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.5272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2768 days ago · 492 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2761 days ago · 563 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2758 days ago · 600 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2751 days ago · 496 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2813 days ago · 498 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2813 days ago · 564 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.2287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2818 days ago · 561 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2821 days ago · 476 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2823 days ago · 545 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2823 days ago · 538 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.7268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2831 days ago · 481 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 2832 days ago · 537 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.7296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2832 days ago · 525 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2835 days ago · 499 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2837 days ago · 580 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000je2r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC.