M4.4 earthquake 78 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, May 8, 2020, 6:56 AM GMT+13 (17:56 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 120 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, 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
- 2020-05-07 17:56:45 UTC
- Depth
- 43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.875° S, 175.446° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.695 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2336 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.558 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2315 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.3120 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2313 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 4.883 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2288 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5139 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2288 days ago · 147 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6128 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4171 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2282 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.6172 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 2344 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.720 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2349 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5106 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2354 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.556 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2355 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.5100 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2356 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 4.6142 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2357 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009g1u. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.