M4.4 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in Tonga on Sat, May 6, 2023, 3:20 AM GMT+13 (14:20 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 197 km SSW of Houma, 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
- 2023-05-05 14:20:14 UTC
- Depth
- 133.4 km (82.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.976° S, 175.887° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k9t5. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.