Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 8:18 AM GMT+13 (19:18 UTC), 471 km (293 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-01-18 19:18:56 UTC
Depth
471.0 km (292.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.502° S, 177.460° 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 14.6 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3170 days ago · 539 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.0246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3169 days ago · 447 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 3142 days ago · 600 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3141 days ago · 423 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.4279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3130 days ago · 521 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 3126 days ago · 583 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.0284 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3124 days ago · 396 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 3121 days ago · 558 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 4.5276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3178 days ago · 494 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3184 days ago · 394 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3186 days ago · 445 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.5255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3186 days ago · 462 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.1287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 450 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 3192 days ago · 596 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3199 days ago · 367 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 517 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 4.3298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3206 days ago · 502 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000crrs. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC.