M4.5 earthquake 133 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 133 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Sep 11, 2018, 10:05 AM GMT+13 (21:05 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 152 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-10 21:05:47 UTC
- Depth
- 167.6 km (104.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.788° S, 176.311° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6152 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2930 days ago · 143 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6140 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2921 days ago · 188 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4181 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2903 days ago · 155 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2900 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3199 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2899 days ago · 303 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hgs2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC.