M4.4 earthquake 99 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 99 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 11:18 PM GMT+13 (10:18 UTC), 194 km (121 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
- 2023-11-15 10:18:36 UTC
- Depth
- 194.3 km (120.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.455° S, 174.568° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 69
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.791 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1049 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.287 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1049 days ago · 160 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.0104 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1044 days ago · 277 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.191 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1014 days ago · 176 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.588 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.234 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 999 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lnhx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC.