M4.4 earthquake 131 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 131 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 2:26 AM GMT+13 (13:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 112 km NNE 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
- 2024-06-24 13:26:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.982° S, 173.089° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5136 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 830 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 827 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3120 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 814 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.0112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 814 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0137 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.692 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 780 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5123 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 835 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7123 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 839 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.595 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 845 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 849 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.676 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.697 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 856 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.9159 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 857 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 5.094 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 858 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n9mp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.