M4.3 earthquake 274 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 274 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Jan 4, 2017, 8:36 AM GMT+14 (18:36 UTC), 381 km (237 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-03 18:36:55 UTC
- Depth
- 381.4 km (237.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 22.288° S, 177.568° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1218 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3548 days ago · 395 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2275 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3528 days ago · 392 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3507 days ago · 397 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2277 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3505 days ago · 480 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007ud6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.