M4.4 earthquake 118 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 118 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 1:32 AM GMT+14 (11:32 UTC), 178 km (110 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 28 km NW of Hihifo, 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
- 2019-12-18 11:32:58 UTC
- Depth
- 177.6 km (110.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.107° S, 174.472° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.679 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2476 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.728 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2461 days ago · 116 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.536 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2448 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4101 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2444 days ago · 166 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.678 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2440 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 2438 days ago · 262 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.657 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2427 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.481 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2422 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.699 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2486 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.8171 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2492 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.0151 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2492 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 6.0159 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2492 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.656 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2492 days ago · 130 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.1117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2492 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.881 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2493 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5138 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2509 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006t5b. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC.