Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 99 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 99 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 4:48 AM GMT+13 (15:48 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 100 km NNE 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
2024-09-12 15:48:40 UTC
Depth
22.8 km (14.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.133° S, 173.426° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6141 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 751 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.2118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 742 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.5105 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 742 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.4105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 728 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.5111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.0108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.482 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 704 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 692 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 5.058 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 754 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.892 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 757 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.3101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 766 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.4125 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 766 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.493 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 769 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.487 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 771 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.5123 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.6105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.692 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 780 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nyn4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.