M4.4 earthquake 119 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 119 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 10:01 AM GMT+13 (21:01 UTC), 252 km (156 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 152 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
- 2020-11-29 21:01:08 UTC
- Depth
- 251.8 km (156.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.149° S, 174.981° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2134 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.0142 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2134 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.296 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2134 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6125 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2132 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.9152 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.989 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2083 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cmni. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.