M4.5 earthquake 277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Dec 1, 2016, 1:38 PM GMT+14 (23:38 UTC), 499 km (310 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-30 23:38:02 UTC
- Depth
- 498.8 km (309.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.264° S, 177.701° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 53
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 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 515 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3588 days ago · 548 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3584 days ago · 497 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3581 days ago · 514 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3579 days ago · 601 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3577 days ago · 560 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3577 days ago · 475 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3572 days ago · 589 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3571 days ago · 602 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3570 days ago · 604 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3568 days ago · 568 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3568 days ago · 576 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3567 days ago · 556 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3567 days ago · 496 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3565 days ago · 546 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3563 days ago · 470 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3560 days ago · 576 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3559 days ago · 476 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 600 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3555 days ago · 391 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3553 days ago · 525 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 557 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3548 days ago · 503 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 590 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3541 days ago · 554 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3536 days ago · 530 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 538 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 3593 days ago · 611 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3597 days ago · 575 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3602 days ago · 482 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3603 days ago · 510 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 617 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 607 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3609 days ago · 487 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3610 days ago · 483 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3612 days ago · 556 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 3613 days ago · 544 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 571 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 524 km deep · 27 km away
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