Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Oct 7, 2016, 6:29 AM GMT+13 (17:29 UTC), 509 km (317 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-06 17:29:57 UTC
Depth
509.5 km (316.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.414° S, 177.849° 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 19.2 km horizontally, 15.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
227°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3642 days ago · 485 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 5.4Fiji region · 3641 days ago · 576 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 563 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.3251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 538 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3637 days ago · 528 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3633 days ago · 481 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.4249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3630 days ago · 515 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.4294 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3628 days ago · 537 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 596 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.0251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 524 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.4296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3616 days ago · 571 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 5.6Fiji region · 3612 days ago · 544 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 3612 days ago · 556 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 3609 days ago · 483 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.8Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 574 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.4265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3608 days ago · 487 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 607 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 3603 days ago · 565 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.4285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3602 days ago · 510 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3601 days ago · 482 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 3597 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 3592 days ago · 611 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 4.5277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 499 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 4.8Fiji region · 3591 days ago · 572 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 4.4299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3588 days ago · 515 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 4.2Fiji region · 3587 days ago · 548 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 4.5271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3648 days ago · 508 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.2266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3649 days ago · 562 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 3649 days ago · 570 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.8263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3656 days ago · 517 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3657 days ago · 583 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3657 days ago · 516 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 588 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 603 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 573 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 5.1Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 581 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 595 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 601 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 593 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 608 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 5.1Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 587 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 596 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.6Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 589 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 5.0Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 591 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 5.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 585 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 6.9Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 596 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007duj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC.