M4.4 earthquake 109 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 109 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Thu, Jun 13, 2024, 1:26 AM GMT+13 (12:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 73 km SSE of Pangai, 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
- 2024-06-12 12:26:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.134° S, 173.928° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.325 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 842 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.1126 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 830 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 5.268 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 816 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.077 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 799 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 6.073 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 796 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 784 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n8bk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.