Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 1:02 PM GMT+13 (00:02 UTC), 530 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
2017-01-26 00:02:17 UTC
Depth
529.6 km (329.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.943° S, 177.394° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
109°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3526 days ago · 573 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.1273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3525 days ago · 526 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 3520 days ago · 565 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3516 days ago · 386 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.3236 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 527 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.5298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 589 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 451 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 548 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.4283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3509 days ago · 513 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3508 days ago · 426 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3504 days ago · 529 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 3504 days ago · 505 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3494 days ago · 440 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3490 days ago · 557 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3488 days ago · 512 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.5Fiji region · 3480 days ago · 567 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 516 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 4.3285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 389 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 4.6266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3540 days ago · 554 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3547 days ago · 503 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 3549 days ago · 557 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3552 days ago · 525 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3554 days ago · 391 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 3557 days ago · 565 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 576 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008iq0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.