Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Feb 14, 2017, 12:00 PM GMT+13 (23:00 UTC), 386 km (240 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-13 23:00:42 UTC
Depth
386.5 km (240.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.160° S, 177.553° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 10.9 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3236 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 527 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.5298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 589 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 451 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 548 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.4283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3509 days ago · 513 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 3509 days ago · 545 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3509 days ago · 426 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 3504 days ago · 529 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.9Fiji region · 3498 days ago · 586 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3494 days ago · 440 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3491 days ago · 557 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3488 days ago · 512 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3483 days ago · 554 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 3480 days ago · 567 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 516 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 4.3285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 389 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 3469 days ago · 590 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.9277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3463 days ago · 407 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 4.3265 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3462 days ago · 364 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3462 days ago · 391 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 3459 days ago · 580 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 4.6Fiji region · 3457 days ago · 390 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3518 days ago · 469 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3520 days ago · 565 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.1273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3525 days ago · 526 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 3526 days ago · 580 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.3286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3527 days ago · 573 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3528 days ago · 571 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3529 days ago · 553 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3535 days ago · 530 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.6266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3541 days ago · 554 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ls6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.