M4.7 earthquake 268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Jan 1, 2019, 6:58 PM GMT+13 (05:58 UTC), 481 km (299 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 295 km WNW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-01 05:58:52 UTC
- Depth
- 480.8 km (298.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.787° S, 177.768° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 79
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2829 days ago · 543 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2824 days ago · 538 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2823 days ago · 545 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2822 days ago · 476 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2814 days ago · 587 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2813 days ago · 498 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2811 days ago · 519 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2811 days ago · 545 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 562 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2804 days ago · 457 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2797 days ago · 593 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2794 days ago · 614 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2793 days ago · 545 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2790 days ago · 579 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 598 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2785 days ago · 535 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2784 days ago · 487 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2783 days ago · 536 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 2833 days ago · 537 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2833 days ago · 525 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2836 days ago · 499 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2838 days ago · 580 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2841 days ago · 555 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2844 days ago · 608 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2844 days ago · 608 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2844 days ago · 588 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 565 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2854 days ago · 539 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2854 days ago · 467 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 482 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2856 days ago · 412 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2858 days ago · 545 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2859 days ago · 490 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2859 days ago · 543 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 2859 days ago · 525 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2860 days ago · 551 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2862 days ago · 478 km deep · 35 km away
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