M4.4 earthquake 78 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 8:16 PM GMT+13 (07:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 125 km E 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-19 07:16:02 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.819° S, 173.262° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 13
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
- 4.380 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2127 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.4125 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2124 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.2111 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6122 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6134 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2105 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.1127 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000crnl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.