Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 12:05 AM GMT+13 (11:05 UTC), 348 km (216 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-11-16 11:05:41 UTC
Depth
348.0 km (216.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.330° S, 177.749° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3226 days ago · 479 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3219 days ago · 447 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3215 days ago · 379 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.3283 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 335 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3183 days ago · 492 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 576 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.4258 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3251 days ago · 329 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 409 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 492 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.2269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3262 days ago · 378 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.0245 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3264 days ago · 351 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bu0v. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.