M4.0 earthquake 266 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 266 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Sun, Jun 14, 2015, 6:47 AM GMT+13 (17:47 UTC), 223 km (139 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-13 17:47:54 UTC
- Depth
- 223.0 km (138.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.760° S, 177.136° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.9south of the Fiji Islands · 4124 days ago · 151 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.8279 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 4107 days ago · 170 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5289 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4096 days ago · 316 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2269 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 4084 days ago · 251 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5241 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4081 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002ll7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC.