Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 258 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 258 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Nov 6, 2017, 4:59 AM GMT+13 (15:59 UTC), 329 km (204 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-11-05 15:59:48 UTC
Depth
328.8 km (204.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.754° S, 177.667° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
57

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 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 537 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 613 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 3247 days ago · 577 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3242 days ago · 507 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3241 days ago · 576 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.5263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3240 days ago · 348 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.2257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3240 days ago · 521 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 549 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3226 days ago · 479 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 4.6260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3226 days ago · 509 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 573 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.2279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 526 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 447 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 475 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3216 days ago · 490 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3214 days ago · 379 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.2271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3210 days ago · 530 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 4.3298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3206 days ago · 502 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3205 days ago · 516 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3199 days ago · 367 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 4.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3195 days ago · 537 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 409 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.3260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3256 days ago · 514 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 552 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3257 days ago · 514 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.9Fiji region · 3260 days ago · 567 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.2269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3262 days ago · 378 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.0245 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3264 days ago · 351 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 3271 days ago · 520 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.6272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3271 days ago · 514 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 3273 days ago · 552 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.0247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3274 days ago · 395 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 3275 days ago · 558 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3276 days ago · 486 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 4.1272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3276 days ago · 517 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.7Fiji region · 3280 days ago · 616 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bnvh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.