M4.4 earthquake 101 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 101 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 10:27 AM GMT+14 (20:27 UTC), 166 km (103 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 78 km WNW of Hihifo, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-23 20:27:46 UTC
- Depth
- 165.5 km (102.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.678° S, 174.701° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4125 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2441 days ago · 296 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.678 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 129 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 2437 days ago · 262 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.657 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2425 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.683 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3110 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2401 days ago · 269 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.58 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2400 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007nig. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.