Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Feb 5, 2019, 1:06 AM GMT+13 (12:06 UTC), 560 km (348 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-02-04 12:06:27 UTC
Depth
560.3 km (348.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.825° S, 177.357° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2782 days ago · 535 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2777 days ago · 576 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2766 days ago · 384 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.5272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2766 days ago · 492 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2758 days ago · 563 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2751 days ago · 581 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2749 days ago · 496 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 2747 days ago · 561 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.7Fiji region · 2740 days ago · 578 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.2242 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2739 days ago · 516 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2796 days ago · 584 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2799 days ago · 482 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2803 days ago · 562 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2808 days ago · 545 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2808 days ago · 519 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2810 days ago · 498 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2810 days ago · 564 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.2287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2816 days ago · 561 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.7Fiji region · 2818 days ago · 572 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2818 days ago · 476 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2820 days ago · 545 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2821 days ago · 538 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 2822 days ago · 548 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jn9e. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC.