M4.5 earthquake 282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Apr 5, 2015, 1:31 AM GMT+13 (12:31 UTC), 525 km (326 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-04 12:31:05 UTC
- Depth
- 524.9 km (326.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.104° S, 177.682° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 230
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 4195 days ago · 516 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 562 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4191 days ago · 544 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4188 days ago · 614 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4184 days ago · 536 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4184 days ago · 571 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4179 days ago · 487 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4178 days ago · 507 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4176 days ago · 490 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 556 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4175 days ago · 562 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4172 days ago · 537 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4170 days ago · 594 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 415 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 471 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4157 days ago · 451 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4156 days ago · 558 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4156 days ago · 554 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4154 days ago · 424 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4151 days ago · 600 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4150 days ago · 564 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4148 days ago · 477 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4147 days ago · 608 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4145 days ago · 520 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 538 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4141 days ago · 295 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.4298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4203 days ago · 566 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4204 days ago · 436 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4205 days ago · 555 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 325 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4207 days ago · 601 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4208 days ago · 556 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4209 days ago · 561 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4211 days ago · 428 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4214 days ago · 391 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4219 days ago · 506 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4222 days ago · 401 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 4227 days ago · 565 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5234 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4228 days ago · 477 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001txd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.