M4.5 earthquake 268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, May 23, 2018, 10:33 AM GMT+13 (21:33 UTC), 482 km (300 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-22 21:33:29 UTC
- Depth
- 482.2 km (299.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.847° S, 177.771° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4Fiji region · 3050 days ago · 473 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3048 days ago · 547 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3046 days ago · 577 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3041 days ago · 516 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3040 days ago · 580 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3034 days ago · 535 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3034 days ago · 553 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3034 days ago · 555 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3031 days ago · 572 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3028 days ago · 531 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3026 days ago · 428 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3024 days ago · 526 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3023 days ago · 576 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3019 days ago · 544 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3019 days ago · 497 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3018 days ago · 484 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 542 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 563 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3014 days ago · 521 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3014 days ago · 515 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3013 days ago · 599 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3011 days ago · 490 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3010 days ago · 556 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3267 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3008 days ago · 371 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3002 days ago · 550 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7214 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2999 days ago · 322 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2997 days ago · 560 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2995 days ago · 421 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.3292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3052 days ago · 497 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3054 days ago · 525 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3054 days ago · 538 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3057 days ago · 537 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3060 days ago · 526 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3061 days ago · 524 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3061 days ago · 516 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3069 days ago · 464 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3076 days ago · 490 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3079 days ago · 441 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3081 days ago · 578 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3081 days ago · 476 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ea7x. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC.