M4.4 earthquake 132 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 132 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 8:07 AM GMT-12 (20:07 UTC), 205 km (127 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
- 2023-01-06 20:07:17 UTC
- Depth
- 204.9 km (127.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.756° S, 174.715° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 90
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1Tonga · 1364 days ago · 152 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 169 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1361 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1353 days ago · 227 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4188 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1345 days ago · 256 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.579 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1327 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3134 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1324 days ago · 225 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.5127 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 120 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1314 days ago · 257 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j2mn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.