Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Aug 27, 2017, 7:58 AM GMT+13 (18:58 UTC), 532 km (330 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-08-26 18:58:17 UTC
Depth
531.6 km (330.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.677° S, 177.359° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 381 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3319 days ago · 354 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 542 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.5299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3300 days ago · 564 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.4230 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3299 days ago · 374 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 593 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 574 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 3294 days ago · 496 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.3288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3292 days ago · 546 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.1272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3277 days ago · 517 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3277 days ago · 486 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 3276 days ago · 558 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.4246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3275 days ago · 587 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.0247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3274 days ago · 395 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.0245 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 351 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 3323 days ago · 577 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3332 days ago · 491 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3333 days ago · 505 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 3335 days ago · 482 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3336 days ago · 534 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 499 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.3256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 489 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 3338 days ago · 602 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.2253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3339 days ago · 386 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 584 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.1278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3342 days ago · 503 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.2270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3343 days ago · 518 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.3216 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3345 days ago · 303 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ad72. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC.