M4.8 earthquake 51 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 51 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Sun, Nov 12, 2017, 8:01 PM GMT+13 (07:01 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-12 07:01:54 UTC
- Depth
- 24.3 km (15.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.681° S, 175.301° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.9 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3125 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3224 days ago · 223 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.539 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3224 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5122 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3201 days ago · 203 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bm8u. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.