M4.4 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in Tonga on Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 8:44 PM GMT-12 (08:44 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 67 km WSW 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
- 2022-08-11 08:44:15 UTC
- Depth
- 117.2 km (72.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.094° S, 174.443° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.567 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1513 days ago · 170 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5178 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1492 days ago · 269 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1172 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1461 days ago · 248 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i9wt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.