Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Mar 14, 2015, 12:08 AM GMT+13 (11:08 UTC), 401 km (249 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-03-13 11:08:42 UTC
Depth
400.8 km (249.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.665° S, 177.137° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.7 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
111°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4219 days ago · 506 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.0273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4214 days ago · 391 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4211 days ago · 428 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.2264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 325 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 4205 days ago · 568 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 4204 days ago · 436 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.4298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4203 days ago · 566 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 4201 days ago · 268 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4201 days ago · 411 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4200 days ago · 525 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 4195 days ago · 516 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 562 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 4184 days ago · 571 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4179 days ago · 487 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4176 days ago · 490 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 556 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 415 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 4.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 471 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 5.1Fiji region · 4227 days ago · 565 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.8291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4231 days ago · 552 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4231 days ago · 597 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4234 days ago · 529 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4235 days ago · 405 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4239 days ago · 589 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 4241 days ago · 576 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4246 days ago · 542 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4247 days ago · 406 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.6271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4251 days ago · 542 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001n42. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.