M4.4 earthquake 18 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 18 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 1:03 PM GMT+13 (00:03 UTC), 153 km (95 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 73 km W 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-10 00:03:04 UTC
- Depth
- 153.5 km (95.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.893° S, 173.960° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 20
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.567 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1512 days ago · 170 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.517 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1501 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.262 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1495 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.247 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1488 days ago · 158 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.534 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1481 days ago · 109 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 1466 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.449 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1466 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.973 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1456 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ic46. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.