Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 73 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 73 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jun 4, 2024, 2:08 AM GMT+13 (13:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 68 km SSE 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
2024-06-03 13:08:31 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.214° S, 173.166° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
71°
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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.676 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.5169 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 852 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.2126 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 845 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 5.868 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 838 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.6134 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 834 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.628 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 833 days ago · 149 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 827 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.222 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 820 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.7149 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 818 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.3136 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 812 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.5127 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.4142 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.5149 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 5.7144 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 810 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 5.3154 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 810 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 4.697 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 856 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.528 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 860 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.589 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 862 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.6149 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 873 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.478 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 877 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 4.2115 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 883 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mril. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.