M4.4 earthquake 98 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 98 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Sun, Dec 1, 2019, 9:56 AM GMT+13 (20:56 UTC), 196 km (122 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 54 km W of Pangai, 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
- 2019-11-30 20:56:14 UTC
- Depth
- 196.1 km (121.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.261° S, 175.342° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 13.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.654 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2497 days ago · 142 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6151 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2447 days ago · 153 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006pg0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.