Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 6:18 PM GMT+13 (05:18 UTC), 529 km (329 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-27 05:18:02 UTC
Depth
528.8 km (328.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.048° S, 177.525° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 14.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3447 days ago · 535 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 3439 days ago · 605 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3439 days ago · 562 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3433 days ago · 548 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.3242 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 480 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 543 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3425 days ago · 529 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3424 days ago · 572 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3415 days ago · 559 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3414 days ago · 507 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3413 days ago · 494 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 415 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 3411 days ago · 550 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 3409 days ago · 547 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.0Fiji region · 3409 days ago · 573 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3408 days ago · 400 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3406 days ago · 517 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.0Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 415 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 552 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3395 days ago · 424 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 4.1226 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3394 days ago · 388 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 3391 days ago · 559 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 499 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 547 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3457 days ago · 579 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.0276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3458 days ago · 523 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 3458 days ago · 572 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.3282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3459 days ago · 505 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 3461 days ago · 390 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3463 days ago · 580 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3466 days ago · 391 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.3265 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3467 days ago · 364 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.9277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3467 days ago · 407 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3469 days ago · 406 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3473 days ago · 590 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ntg. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC.