M4.2 earthquake 269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 11:07 PM GMT+13 (10:07 UTC), 378 km (235 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-25 10:07:58 UTC
- Depth
- 378.3 km (235.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.553° S, 177.773° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3259 days ago · 492 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3254 days ago · 409 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4258 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3253 days ago · 329 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 557 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3242 days ago · 348 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3236 days ago · 499 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 447 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3213 days ago · 551 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000awmd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC.