M4.4 earthquake 105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 6:36 PM GMT+13 (05:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 100 km NNE 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
- 2024-10-06 05:36:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.050° S, 173.478° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 28
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5111 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.482 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 703 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 692 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 690 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.017 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 687 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8125 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 678 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.5105 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 741 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 742 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6141 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.499 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 751 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.058 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 753 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.892 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nn4d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:17 AM UTC.