M4.4 earthquake 93 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 93 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 7:12 AM GMT+13 (18:12 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km N 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
- 2024-08-26 18:12:16 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.116° S, 173.675° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 61
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4125 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 766 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 765 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.892 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.058 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 753 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.499 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 751 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6141 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 742 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5105 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 741 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 727 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 4.487 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 770 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5123 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 771 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ngcl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC.