M4.5 earthquake 268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 1:51 PM GMT+13 (00:51 UTC), 551 km (343 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-29 00:51:17 UTC
- Depth
- 551.5 km (342.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.790° S, 177.339° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 561 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3372 days ago · 591 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3361 days ago · 545 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 422 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 555 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3354 days ago · 575 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3216 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3345 days ago · 303 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3343 days ago · 518 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3342 days ago · 503 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 584 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3339 days ago · 386 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3338 days ago · 602 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 489 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 499 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3336 days ago · 534 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3333 days ago · 505 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3332 days ago · 491 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3323 days ago · 577 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3322 days ago · 532 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 381 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3384 days ago · 547 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3387 days ago · 559 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1226 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 388 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3390 days ago · 424 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3396 days ago · 462 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3403 days ago · 400 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 559 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10009783. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC.