M4.1 earthquake 297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, May 5, 2015, 4:03 AM GMT+13 (15:03 UTC), 415 km (258 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-04 15:03:16 UTC
- Depth
- 415.3 km (258.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.704° S, 177.611° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 471 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4161 days ago · 580 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4159 days ago · 556 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4157 days ago · 451 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4156 days ago · 558 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4156 days ago · 554 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4154 days ago · 424 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4150 days ago · 564 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4149 days ago · 566 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4148 days ago · 477 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4147 days ago · 608 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4145 days ago · 520 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4142 days ago · 546 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4136 days ago · 550 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4134 days ago · 578 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4134 days ago · 526 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4134 days ago · 492 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 572 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 592 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1249 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4131 days ago · 566 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4130 days ago · 453 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 588 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 445 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 553 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 526 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4112 days ago · 558 km deep · 3 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 4170 days ago · 594 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 537 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 562 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 556 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4176 days ago · 490 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4178 days ago · 507 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4179 days ago · 487 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4184 days ago · 571 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 544 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 562 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4195 days ago · 516 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002elj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.