M4.4 earthquake 106 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 106 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 7:19 AM GMT+13 (18:19 UTC), 173 km (108 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 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
- 2023-10-14 18:19:15 UTC
- Depth
- 173.4 km (107.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.525° S, 174.686° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 113
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.280 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1082 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.644 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1072 days ago · 146 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.499 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1055 days ago · 194 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.791 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1052 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1051 days ago · 160 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.0104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1046 days ago · 277 km deep · 45 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lgms. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:06 AM UTC.