M4.4 earthquake 282 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 282 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 6:58 PM GMT+13 (05:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 south of 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
- 2021-01-07 05:58:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.877° S, 174.762° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7241 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5285 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8250 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6241 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.0south of Tonga · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4219 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2038 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000d0df. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.