M4.4 earthquake 88 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 88 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 3:13 PM GMT+13 (02:13 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 105 km SSE 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
- 2024-04-12 02:13:30 UTC
- Depth
- 116.8 km (72.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.733° S, 173.973° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 904 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 890 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.691 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 883 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2115 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 883 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.053 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 866 days ago · 224 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.398 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 865 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5123 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 853 days ago · 256 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000md63. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.