M4.5 earthquake 260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Jun 8, 2017, 6:48 PM GMT+13 (05:48 UTC), 517 km (321 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 275 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-08 05:48:58 UTC
- Depth
- 517.4 km (321.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.648° S, 177.663° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 14.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 22
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 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 613 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 545 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3393 days ago · 602 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 499 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3384 days ago · 547 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 529 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 546 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3372 days ago · 591 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3371 days ago · 488 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3366 days ago · 409 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3362 days ago · 604 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3361 days ago · 545 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.6275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 422 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3357 days ago · 467 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3354 days ago · 575 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3351 days ago · 555 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3348 days ago · 573 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 533 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3346 days ago · 580 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3343 days ago · 518 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3342 days ago · 503 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.2244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3403 days ago · 400 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 449 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 547 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3404 days ago · 459 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 550 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3417 days ago · 481 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3417 days ago · 451 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 592 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3421 days ago · 529 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 543 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3242 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 480 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 548 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009mnh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC.