M4.4 earthquake 141 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 141 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Dec 19, 2024, 7:00 PM GMT+13 (06:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 142 km ESE 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
- 2024-12-19 06:00:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.910° S, 172.664° 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 17.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4152 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 654 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8106 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 653 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.8136 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 637 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.998 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7104 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 634 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 621 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.0142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 606 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4139 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 599 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3111 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 656 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2132 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 667 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0127 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.9157 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 673 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4114 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 675 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4130 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 682 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000phin. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC.