M4.4 earthquake 151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 7:08 AM GMT-12 (19:08 UTC), 227 km (141 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 138 km NW of Neiafu, 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
- 2023-01-18 19:08:56 UTC
- Depth
- 226.7 km (140.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.461° S, 174.693° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 107
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3125 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1352 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4188 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1345 days ago · 256 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3134 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1324 days ago · 225 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5127 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1314 days ago · 257 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6106 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1310 days ago · 189 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1307 days ago · 249 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.594 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1297 days ago · 126 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j5ba. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.