Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, May 7, 2017, 6:06 AM GMT+13 (17:06 UTC), 562 km (349 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-05-06 17:06:36 UTC
Depth
561.5 km (348.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.076° S, 177.511° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 13.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 548 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.3242 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 480 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 543 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3421 days ago · 529 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 559 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 550 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 547 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3403 days ago · 400 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3402 days ago · 517 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3390 days ago · 424 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 4.1226 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 388 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.4Fiji region · 3387 days ago · 559 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 499 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3384 days ago · 547 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 529 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 551 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 4.2Fiji region · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3435 days ago · 605 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 3442 days ago · 535 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3444 days ago · 529 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 579 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.0276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3453 days ago · 523 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3454 days ago · 572 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.3282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 505 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 3456 days ago · 390 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 3458 days ago · 580 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3461 days ago · 391 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.3265 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3462 days ago · 364 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 4.9277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3463 days ago · 407 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3464 days ago · 406 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008rt5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.