Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Oct 11, 2020, 9:12 AM GMT+13 (20:12 UTC), 544 km (338 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-10-10 20:12:17 UTC
Depth
543.6 km (337.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.636° S, 177.486° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
92°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2174 days ago · 549 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2172 days ago · 393 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2172 days ago · 591 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.2267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2172 days ago · 555 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 2161 days ago · 596 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 5.7267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2156 days ago · 388 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.0277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2150 days ago · 405 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2149 days ago · 621 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 6.0291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2149 days ago · 417 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.6236 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2142 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2141 days ago · 542 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2137 days ago · 546 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 510 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 2125 days ago · 555 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2124 days ago · 396 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 584 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 503 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2190 days ago · 404 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2198 days ago · 585 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2200 days ago · 537 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.5258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2206 days ago · 513 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c7dg. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC.