Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Apr 8, 2017, 8:58 PM GMT+13 (07:58 UTC), 407 km (253 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-08 07:58:28 UTC
Depth
406.6 km (252.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.737° S, 177.406° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
34°
Stations used
109

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3265 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3462 days ago · 364 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3462 days ago · 391 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3458 days ago · 580 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.3282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 505 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3454 days ago · 572 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 4.0276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3454 days ago · 523 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 372 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 579 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3444 days ago · 529 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 3435 days ago · 605 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3435 days ago · 562 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 3434 days ago · 611 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3429 days ago · 548 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 3422 days ago · 586 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3411 days ago · 559 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3404 days ago · 400 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3465 days ago · 406 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 3467 days ago · 568 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3469 days ago · 590 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.3285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 389 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 516 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 3480 days ago · 567 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3488 days ago · 512 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3491 days ago · 557 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008fsp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC.