M4.7 earthquake 123 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 123 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Nov 11, 2017, 1:01 AM GMT+13 (12:01 UTC), 199 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-10 12:01:07 UTC
- Depth
- 199.0 km (123.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.222° S, 175.068° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7140 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3243 days ago · 242 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.3146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3242 days ago · 156 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1122 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3241 days ago · 212 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1146 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 216 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6152 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3194 days ago · 244 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3155 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3191 days ago · 193 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bqhf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.