Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 8:52 AM GMT+13 (19:52 UTC), 496 km (308 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 275 km W 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
2019-03-22 19:52:01 UTC
Depth
496.3 km (308.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.248° S, 177.538° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.4 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 2747 days ago · 561 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 2740 days ago · 578 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.2242 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2740 days ago · 516 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2735 days ago · 542 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2727 days ago · 582 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2721 days ago · 527 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.8Fiji region · 2721 days ago · 617 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 2719 days ago · 548 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 5.0275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2716 days ago · 442 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2716 days ago · 471 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.4240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2715 days ago · 415 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2714 days ago · 536 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2713 days ago · 588 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2711 days ago · 534 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.1274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2710 days ago · 510 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2710 days ago · 517 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 2703 days ago · 551 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.7Fiji region · 2702 days ago · 567 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2697 days ago · 500 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2696 days ago · 556 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 4.1Fiji region · 2694 days ago · 571 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 4.0Fiji region · 2692 days ago · 584 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2692 days ago · 516 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 4.7290 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2691 days ago · 384 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 4.4262 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2690 days ago · 536 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2690 days ago · 518 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 2756 days ago · 600 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2759 days ago · 563 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.5272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2766 days ago · 492 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2767 days ago · 384 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2778 days ago · 576 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k75g. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.