M4.4 earthquake 113 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 113 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Nov 14, 2022, 2:11 AM GMT-12 (14:11 UTC), 210 km (130 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 2022-11-14 14:11:34 UTC
- Depth
- 209.9 km (130.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.727° S, 174.491° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 81
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0208 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1405 days ago · 250 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.339 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1404 days ago · 146 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.569 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1400 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4132 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1365 days ago · 205 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.1Tonga · 1364 days ago · 152 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 169 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 131 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000iply. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC.