Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Nov 5, 2017, 4:41 AM GMT+13 (15:41 UTC), 409 km (254 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-11-04 15:41:15 UTC
Depth
409.3 km (254.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.333° S, 177.875° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4258 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3251 days ago · 329 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 557 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 3241 days ago · 576 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.5263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3240 days ago · 348 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3226 days ago · 479 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3219 days ago · 447 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3214 days ago · 379 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3254 days ago · 592 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 492 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.2269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3262 days ago · 378 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 3271 days ago · 520 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.6272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3271 days ago · 514 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3273 days ago · 552 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3276 days ago · 486 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.0285 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3280 days ago · 410 km deep · 39 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bifw. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.