M4.4 earthquake 49 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 11:56 AM GMT+13 (22:56 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 39 km NE of Pangai, 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
- 2020-08-14 22:56:01 UTC
- Depth
- 80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.779° S, 174.433° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.2 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.675 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2224 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.493 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2220 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 6.439 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9 · tsunami flag
- 4.459 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.656 km N of Pangai, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.747 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.247 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.634 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.463 km SSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.458 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.661 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.945 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2193 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.948 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2191 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.673 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2190 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.464 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.863 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2186 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bf2p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.