Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 251 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 251 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 5:17 PM GMT+13 (04:17 UTC), 382 km (237 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-01-27 04:17:03 UTC
Depth
381.9 km (237.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.200° S, 177.633° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
105°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3167 days ago · 473 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3167 days ago · 512 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3159 days ago · 467 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 5.3Fiji region · 3157 days ago · 560 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.2279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3153 days ago · 528 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3148 days ago · 453 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3143 days ago · 466 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.4276 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3141 days ago · 370 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 3133 days ago · 525 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 531 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.4279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3130 days ago · 521 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 3120 days ago · 530 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3118 days ago · 566 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 3111 days ago · 523 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 3169 days ago · 550 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3183 days ago · 492 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.5255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3186 days ago · 462 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.3283 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 335 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3195 days ago · 537 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cyt6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.