M4.3 earthquake 80 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 80 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Jan 21, 2008, 11:11 PM GMT+13 (10:11 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 81 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-21 10:11:23 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.151° S, 175.992° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000fx5e. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.181 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6829 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.072 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6816 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3Tonga · 6798 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1112 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6791 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fx5e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC.