M4.4 earthquake 70 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 70 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 4:25 PM GMT+13 (03:25 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 74 km ESE 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
- 2024-12-13 03:25:01 UTC
- Depth
- 90.6 km (56.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.587° S, 173.711° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.311 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 658 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.699 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 649 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.278 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 645 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.569 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 643 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4110 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 637 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.174 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 630 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.523 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 615 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.681 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.585 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ph5a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.