M4.6 earthquake 152 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 152 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 6:05 AM GMT+13 (17:05 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-23 17:05:27 UTC
- Depth
- 142.6 km (88.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.944° S, 176.413° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6140 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2920 days ago · 188 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4181 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2903 days ago · 155 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2900 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3199 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2898 days ago · 303 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3181 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2883 days ago · 309 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hj1t. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.