M4.0 earthquake 295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, May 6, 2018, 12:58 PM GMT+13 (23:58 UTC), 464 km (289 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-05 23:58:36 UTC
- Depth
- 464.4 km (288.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.973° S, 178.054° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 3064 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3061 days ago · 524 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3060 days ago · 526 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3054 days ago · 538 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3054 days ago · 525 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3052 days ago · 482 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3050 days ago · 473 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3046 days ago · 577 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3041 days ago · 516 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3040 days ago · 580 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3034 days ago · 553 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3034 days ago · 555 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3031 days ago · 572 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3029 days ago · 573 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3028 days ago · 531 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3026 days ago · 428 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3023 days ago · 576 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3019 days ago · 497 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3018 days ago · 484 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 542 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 563 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3015 days ago · 520 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3014 days ago · 521 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3014 days ago · 515 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3013 days ago · 599 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3011 days ago · 490 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3010 days ago · 556 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 3072 days ago · 556 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3076 days ago · 490 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3079 days ago · 441 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3081 days ago · 580 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3081 days ago · 578 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3082 days ago · 527 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3083 days ago · 402 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3088 days ago · 518 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3089 days ago · 546 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5261 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3091 days ago · 503 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3093 days ago · 618 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e2uv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC.