M4.4 earthquake 139 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 139 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, May 28, 2020, 1:48 AM GMT+13 (12:48 UTC), 230 km (143 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 150 km NW of Neiafu, 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
- 2020-05-27 12:48:42 UTC
- Depth
- 229.8 km (142.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.893° S, 175.043° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 34
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3129 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2310 days ago · 208 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5112 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2309 days ago · 149 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2302 days ago · 231 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5173 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9150 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2281 days ago · 193 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3158 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2267 days ago · 233 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3180 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2264 days ago · 262 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a01r. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.