M4.4 earthquake 250 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 250 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Mar 4, 2020, 2:05 PM GMT+13 (01:05 UTC), 268 km (167 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 295 km SW of Vaini, 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
- 2020-03-04 01:05:12 UTC
- Depth
- 268.3 km (166.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.474° S, 177.175° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8206 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2402 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6150 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2399 days ago · 153 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.9295 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 200 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3293 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 375 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4154 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2378 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6284 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2348 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008cja. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.