Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 242 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 242 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Nov 3, 2018, 4:08 PM GMT+13 (03:08 UTC), 411 km (255 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-11-03 03:08:31 UTC
Depth
411.1 km (255.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.323° S, 177.541° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
104°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4248 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2887 days ago · 525 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2883 days ago · 541 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.3181 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2880 days ago · 309 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.1254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2874 days ago · 360 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.2256 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2873 days ago · 535 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.4254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2872 days ago · 486 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.0264 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2872 days ago · 483 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2861 days ago · 544 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2858 days ago · 478 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2852 days ago · 412 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.8Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 482 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2850 days ago · 467 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.1200 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2845 days ago · 275 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.4236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2837 days ago · 555 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.7268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2828 days ago · 481 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.3194 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2893 days ago · 330 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.1244 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2914 days ago · 421 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.1288 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2915 days ago · 372 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.1275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2916 days ago · 512 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i6am. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.