Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Jan 4, 2017, 2:31 AM GMT+14 (12:31 UTC), 476 km (296 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. 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
2017-01-03 12:31:33 UTC
Depth
475.9 km (295.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.139° S, 177.909° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 14.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
20

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 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3555 days ago · 391 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 557 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.6271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3550 days ago · 479 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3548 days ago · 503 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.6266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3541 days ago · 554 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3539 days ago · 541 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 538 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 3529 days ago · 553 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3529 days ago · 571 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.2275 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3528 days ago · 392 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 532 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 3518 days ago · 469 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.7Fiji region · 3517 days ago · 534 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 3516 days ago · 541 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 5.3Fiji region · 3515 days ago · 599 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 3512 days ago · 571 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 548 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 4.4283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3510 days ago · 513 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 545 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 4.7Fiji region · 3509 days ago · 566 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 4.1Fiji region · 3507 days ago · 584 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 4.2277 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3506 days ago · 480 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 3505 days ago · 529 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 4.2Fiji region · 3502 days ago · 523 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 4.8Fiji region · 3502 days ago · 532 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3560 days ago · 602 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 3561 days ago · 507 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 3562 days ago · 563 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.5282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3563 days ago · 470 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3564 days ago · 511 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3564 days ago · 546 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3567 days ago · 496 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 3567 days ago · 592 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3570 days ago · 628 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 3577 days ago · 475 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 3577 days ago · 560 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 3578 days ago · 601 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.3249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3580 days ago · 514 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3584 days ago · 497 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 3588 days ago · 548 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.4299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3588 days ago · 515 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007ucw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC.