Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 72 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 72 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, May 11, 2023, 6:01 AM GMT+13 (17:01 UTC), 185 km (115 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 34 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-05-10 17:01:41 UTC
Depth
184.5 km (114.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.658° S, 174.399° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.694 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 212 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.4Tonga · 1241 days ago · 183 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.0Tonga · 1241 days ago · 177 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.2Tonga · 1241 days ago · 208 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.3106 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1240 days ago · 196 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.471 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1239 days ago · 184 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 4.3102 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1236 days ago · 182 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.4Tonga · 1236 days ago · 178 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.289 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1234 days ago · 163 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.2Tonga · 1233 days ago · 177 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.390 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1230 days ago · 192 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 5.034 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1229 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.077 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1227 days ago · 190 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.083 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1221 days ago · 153 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 4.387 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1221 days ago · 197 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.293 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1220 days ago · 175 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 4.173 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1213 days ago · 180 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.3111 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1209 days ago · 285 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.558 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1207 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 4.352 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1203 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 4.534 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1198 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 4.8103 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1194 days ago · 171 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 4.259 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1187 days ago · 171 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 4.277 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1183 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.3106 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 227 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.4Tonga · 1241 days ago · 207 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.798 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 223 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 5.074 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 199 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.780 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 166 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.848 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 175 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 7.682 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1241 days ago · 210 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 26 · tsunami flag
  8. 4.8Tonga · 1257 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kc2c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.