Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 259 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 259 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 2:18 AM GMT+13 (13:18 UTC), 485 km (301 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. 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
2020-01-24 13:18:28 UTC
Depth
484.9 km (301.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.946° S, 177.700° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
140°
Stations used
37

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 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 468 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2435 days ago · 585 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2431 days ago · 613 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2430 days ago · 549 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2428 days ago · 567 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2427 days ago · 537 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.5259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2426 days ago · 513 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.1269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2423 days ago · 388 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.1272 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 583 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 535 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2419 days ago · 524 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2412 days ago · 520 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2411 days ago · 604 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2410 days ago · 520 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2409 days ago · 474 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 4.9Fiji region · 2407 days ago · 537 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 2402 days ago · 570 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 4.2255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 511 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 464 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.5262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2393 days ago · 515 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 2392 days ago · 577 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 4.5279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2390 days ago · 524 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 4.0241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2389 days ago · 523 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 4.0282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 499 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 4.3Fiji region · 2385 days ago · 581 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 4.4Fiji region · 2384 days ago · 454 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 2445 days ago · 549 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.8279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2445 days ago · 382 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2446 days ago · 554 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2448 days ago · 531 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.5191 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2454 days ago · 292 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2454 days ago · 509 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 2455 days ago · 541 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.6267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2459 days ago · 490 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 2460 days ago · 550 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2464 days ago · 533 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.3289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2473 days ago · 466 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007pj5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.