M4.4 earthquake 141 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 141 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Aug 7, 2024, 2:00 PM GMT+13 (01:00 UTC), 203 km (126 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 139 km NW of Neiafu, 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
- 2024-08-07 01:00:10 UTC
- Depth
- 202.6 km (125.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.752° S, 174.931° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 24
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 785 days ago · 184 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4162 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 781 days ago · 219 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6139 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 778 days ago · 180 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.569 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 769 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4165 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 760 days ago · 210 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.585 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 744 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1193 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 742 days ago · 247 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nn8h. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC.