Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jul 29, 2008, 6:43 AM GMT+13 (17:43 UTC), 569 km (354 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 226 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-07-28 17:43:30 UTC
Depth
569.4 km (353.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.954° S, 178.062° 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 usp000gdbe. 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.

Station coverage gap
151°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 6634 days ago · 577 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 6633 days ago · 569 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 6631 days ago · 521 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 6628 days ago · 544 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 5.3226 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6627 days ago · 338 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 6623 days ago · 578 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.3254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6622 days ago · 479 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.2258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6621 days ago · 490 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.0281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6618 days ago · 466 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.1294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6609 days ago · 522 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 6606 days ago · 605 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.7286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6595 days ago · 382 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 6594 days ago · 637 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6594 days ago · 553 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 391 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 6587 days ago · 546 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.5Fiji region · 6586 days ago · 556 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.9266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6585 days ago · 479 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.4Fiji region · 6583 days ago · 505 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 6582 days ago · 533 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 3.7260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6643 days ago · 473 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 6655 days ago · 568 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 6658 days ago · 580 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 6662 days ago · 586 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 6663 days ago · 561 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.6Fiji region · 6667 days ago · 490 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.1299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6667 days ago · 565 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 6670 days ago · 563 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.4247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6671 days ago · 496 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gdbe. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.