M4.4 earthquake 148 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 148 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 9:13 PM GMT+13 (08:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 127 km SSE 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
- 2021-06-28 08:13:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.228° S, 173.879° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 4.6104 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6157 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1882 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.6127 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5154 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.0113 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8158 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ei8c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.