M4.4 earthquake 78 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:01 PM GMT+14 (03:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 98 km SE 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-25 03:01:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.147° S, 173.089° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.695 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2136 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.693 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2136 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1132 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2134 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.136 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2131 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.668 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2124 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.198 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2119 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.313 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2105 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.983 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.586 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.7100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2142 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.996 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2142 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.699 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2145 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.917 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2146 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2151 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ckeg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC.