Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Jun 7, 2017, 3:30 AM GMT+13 (14:30 UTC), 400 km (249 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
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-06-06 14:30:13 UTC
Depth
400.3 km (248.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.969° S, 177.198° 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 14.6 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
17

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3402 days ago · 517 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 3396 days ago · 462 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3390 days ago · 424 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.1226 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 388 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3386 days ago · 559 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 499 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3384 days ago · 547 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 551 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.0272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 561 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3371 days ago · 488 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 4.0267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3361 days ago · 545 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 422 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 4.4259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 555 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 4.3216 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3345 days ago · 303 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 559 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 548 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009lz1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.