M4.3 earthquake 285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 8:08 AM GMT+13 (19:08 UTC), 396 km (246 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-18 19:08:20 UTC
- Depth
- 396.0 km (246.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.417° S, 177.949° 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 19.5 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3969 days ago · 541 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3287 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3961 days ago · 518 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3959 days ago · 415 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3955 days ago · 587 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3943 days ago · 589 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3936 days ago · 438 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3932 days ago · 555 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3918 days ago · 575 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3915 days ago · 569 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3911 days ago · 555 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003zu2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC.