M4.1 earthquake 248 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 248 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 3:14 AM GMT+13 (14:14 UTC), 338 km (210 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 243 km W of Haveluloto, 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
- 2015-09-15 14:14:45 UTC
- Depth
- 338.2 km (210.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.350° S, 177.595° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 4034 days ago · 519 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4009 days ago · 576 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4008 days ago · 473 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4004 days ago · 538 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4004 days ago · 486 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6243 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3985 days ago · 388 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3978 days ago · 495 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.5282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4041 days ago · 483 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4219 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4049 days ago · 542 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4060 days ago · 371 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4064 days ago · 595 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4064 days ago · 479 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003p35. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.