M4.2 earthquake 288 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 288 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Oct 13, 2014, 8:28 AM GMT+13 (19:28 UTC), 369 km (229 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-10-12 19:28:50 UTC
- Depth
- 369.3 km (229.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.848° S, 177.895° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 4375 days ago · 535 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4371 days ago · 440 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4264 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4357 days ago · 390 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3290 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4356 days ago · 351 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4347 days ago · 533 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4343 days ago · 558 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4325 days ago · 541 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000slcb. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.