Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 26 km N of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 26 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 3:22 AM GMT+13 (14:22 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 88 km W 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
2024-01-17 14:22:11 UTC
Depth
64.2 km (39.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.721° S, 173.770° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.361 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 990 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.584 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.2107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.4112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.697 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 977 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 5.0116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 975 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.795 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 974 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.298 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 967 days ago · 170 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.278 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.675 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 963 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.5101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 960 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 5.688 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 959 days ago · 222 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.6102 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 957 days ago · 174 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.572 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 948 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.7112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.491 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 934 days ago · 274 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.086 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 994 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.7118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 994 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.234 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1000 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.4115 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1006 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.588 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 1009 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.3107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1009 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.699 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1010 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.191 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1015 days ago · 176 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 5.4102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1016 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lti6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.