M4.4 earthquake 131 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 131 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 8:55 PM GMT-12 (08:55 UTC), 219 km (136 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 124 km SSE of Hihifo, 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
- 2021-11-06 08:55:15 UTC
- Depth
- 218.8 km (135.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.002° S, 174.370° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2124 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1788 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1781 days ago · 227 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4137 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1780 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2123 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1773 days ago · 204 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0112 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1769 days ago · 190 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5103 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1760 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1752 days ago · 89 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.6124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1740 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 4.6126 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1733 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.2144 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1792 days ago · 262 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.774 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6125 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1794 days ago · 176 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.0121 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1803 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1168 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1804 days ago · 308 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5108 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1813 days ago · 156 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5162 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1815 days ago · 197 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3188 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1816 days ago · 291 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fryt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:58 AM UTC.