M4.4 earthquake Tonga region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Tonga region on Fri, Oct 2, 2020, 6:53 PM GMT+13 (05:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 189 km ESE 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
- 2020-10-02 05:53:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.447° S, 172.996° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9126 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2186 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.673 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2185 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.9133 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2173 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.9189 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3188 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2169 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.391 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3183 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.478 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2140 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c6pj. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.