Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 97 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 97 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Sep 6, 2024, 1:48 PM GMT+13 (00:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 24 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-06 00:48:23 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.613° S, 173.186° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4124 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.4112 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.760 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 733 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.583 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 722 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.5161 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 721 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.6102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 718 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.5140 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 715 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.2122 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.455 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 711 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 5.324 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 710 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.4166 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 707 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.3113 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 703 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 4.685 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 701 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.291 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 762 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.343 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 772 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.4133 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 777 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.692 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 780 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nxjp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC.