Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 10:28 AM GMT+13 (21:28 UTC), 447 km (278 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-11-23 21:28:54 UTC
Depth
447.0 km (277.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.705° S, 177.861° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2506 days ago · 468 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2504 days ago · 561 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.2255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2501 days ago · 169 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2495 days ago · 535 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2491 days ago · 518 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2479 days ago · 554 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 2477 days ago · 602 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.0218 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2475 days ago · 361 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.4273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2475 days ago · 534 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.3289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2473 days ago · 466 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2464 days ago · 533 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2461 days ago · 550 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.6267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2460 days ago · 490 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2456 days ago · 541 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2455 days ago · 509 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 4.5191 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2454 days ago · 292 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 2452 days ago · 582 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 2448 days ago · 531 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.5Fiji region · 2447 days ago · 554 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.0195 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2507 days ago · 323 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2508 days ago · 580 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.1255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2511 days ago · 517 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 5.8274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2513 days ago · 499 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2513 days ago · 587 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2516 days ago · 500 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2520 days ago · 545 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2522 days ago · 516 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2524 days ago · 518 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2526 days ago · 492 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2527 days ago · 571 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2532 days ago · 548 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2533 days ago · 515 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2535 days ago · 493 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006ei9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.