M4.2 earthquake 275 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 275 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Feb 3, 2017, 5:05 AM GMT+13 (16:05 UTC), 392 km (244 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2017-02-02 16:05:56 UTC
- Depth
- 392.0 km (243.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.827° S, 177.771° 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 16.9 km horizontally, 20.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3507 days ago · 397 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3507 days ago · 584 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2277 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3505 days ago · 480 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3502 days ago · 523 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3478 days ago · 558 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008k79. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.