Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, May 31, 2017, 7:56 AM GMT+13 (18:56 UTC), 559 km (348 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-05-30 18:56:20 UTC
Depth
559.4 km (347.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.690° S, 177.406° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
88°
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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3403 days ago · 400 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 3396 days ago · 462 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3390 days ago · 424 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.1226 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 388 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 3387 days ago · 559 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 551 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.0272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 561 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 3372 days ago · 591 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 422 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 555 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 4.1Fiji region · 3354 days ago · 575 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3422 days ago · 586 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 548 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3434 days ago · 611 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3434 days ago · 562 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3434 days ago · 605 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kyr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC.