M4.4 earthquake 114 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 114 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 10:31 PM GMT+13 (09:31 UTC), 263 km (163 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 137 km NW 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
- 2022-07-25 09:31:45 UTC
- Depth
- 262.6 km (163.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.583° S, 174.798° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3145 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1518 days ago · 264 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.418 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1514 days ago · 153 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.567 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1512 days ago · 170 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 1502 days ago · 333 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.1137 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1498 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.247 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1488 days ago · 158 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.534 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1482 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000htaa. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC.