Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 81 km E of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 81 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 6:24 AM GMT+13 (17:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 113 km ESE 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
2024-04-04 17:24:22 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.029° S, 173.038° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2113 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 908 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.2113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.5119 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 904 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.7105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 903 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.521 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 893 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.4139 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 892 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.2115 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 882 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.478 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 877 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 4.6149 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.5151 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.589 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 862 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.9159 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 857 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  13. 4.697 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 856 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.473 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.676 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 4.314 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 920 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.3133 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 924 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 5.0126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 936 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mbp6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.