Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 114 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 114 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 9:01 AM GMT+13 (20:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 127 km ESE of Neiafu, 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
2024-11-28 20:01:51 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.315° S, 173.154° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
108°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0127 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 667 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.2132 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 666 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.3111 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 655 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.4141 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 654 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.8106 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 652 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 5.0105 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 652 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.566 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 644 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.5123 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 643 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.8136 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.998 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 635 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.7104 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 633 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 4.4135 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 4.4130 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 681 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 5.4133 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 688 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nutq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.