M4.6 earthquake 33 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 33 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 9:33 AM GMT+13 (20:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 106 km WNW 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-02 20:33:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.324° S, 175.473° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.565 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 182 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7106 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3352 days ago · 202 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009lcs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.