Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jun 30, 2015, 9:52 PM GMT+13 (08:52 UTC), 526 km (327 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 266 km WNW of Haveluloto, 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
2015-06-30 08:52:27 UTC
Depth
526.5 km (327.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.281° S, 177.336° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.5 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4113 days ago · 558 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4110 days ago · 484 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4106 days ago · 487 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 4103 days ago · 566 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 4100 days ago · 569 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4098 days ago · 530 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4078 days ago · 501 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 4064 days ago · 558 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 545 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.4285 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4058 days ago · 542 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 4058 days ago · 591 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 464 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 553 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 445 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 588 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4130 days ago · 453 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.1249 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4131 days ago · 566 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4134 days ago · 492 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4134 days ago · 526 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4136 days ago · 550 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 4141 days ago · 295 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 538 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002xm7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.