Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, May 14, 2015, 3:16 AM GMT+13 (14:16 UTC), 485 km (302 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-05-13 14:16:28 UTC
Depth
485.3 km (301.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.087° S, 178.086° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.25
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 4161 days ago · 465 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4158 days ago · 487 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 4157 days ago · 514 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 4152 days ago · 600 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4151 days ago · 564 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 4151 days ago · 606 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 4149 days ago · 615 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 4144 days ago · 538 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 614 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 4141 days ago · 583 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 4139 days ago · 395 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 4135 days ago · 578 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4135 days ago · 492 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 534 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 4125 days ago · 547 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 570 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 6.0Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 563 km deep · 77 km away · tsunami flag
  18. 4.0Fiji region · 4120 days ago · 610 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 613 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 460 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4111 days ago · 484 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 4107 days ago · 596 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 4.4Fiji region · 4107 days ago · 574 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 4103 days ago · 566 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 556 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 5.0Fiji region · 4165 days ago · 601 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 4173 days ago · 583 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 4173 days ago · 600 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 537 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.4295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4174 days ago · 580 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 6.1Fiji region · 4177 days ago · 581 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4179 days ago · 520 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.6293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4185 days ago · 536 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 4189 days ago · 614 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002bic. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC.