Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 2:16 AM GMT+13 (13:16 UTC), 541 km (336 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-03-08 13:16:41 UTC
Depth
541.0 km (336.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.725° S, 177.521° 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 9.2 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
108

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2395 days ago · 562 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.3275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2394 days ago · 545 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.2255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2393 days ago · 511 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 2390 days ago · 544 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.5262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2389 days ago · 515 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.5279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2386 days ago · 524 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.0241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2385 days ago · 523 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2371 days ago · 570 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2367 days ago · 357 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.3296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2366 days ago · 555 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 546 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 522 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.1265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2360 days ago · 503 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.2230 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2353 days ago · 570 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.0Fiji region · 2352 days ago · 332 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2352 days ago · 609 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 4.4289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2348 days ago · 546 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 2346 days ago · 624 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 4.4238 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2342 days ago · 360 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 4.0Fiji region · 2342 days ago · 556 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2341 days ago · 506 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 2339 days ago · 520 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 2336 days ago · 625 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 2396 days ago · 560 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2401 days ago · 567 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 474 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.4251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2406 days ago · 245 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2407 days ago · 520 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.4297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2408 days ago · 539 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2410 days ago · 471 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2413 days ago · 589 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2414 days ago · 524 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2416 days ago · 535 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.5259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 513 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2422 days ago · 537 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008c2b. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:02 AM UTC.