Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 191 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 191 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 12:16 PM GMT+13 (23:16 UTC), 292 km (181 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-14 23:16:45 UTC
Depth
291.6 km (181.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.872° S, 177.035° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.3 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4259 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2444 days ago · 485 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2427 days ago · 537 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.5259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2426 days ago · 513 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.1272 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 583 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 535 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2419 days ago · 524 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2410 days ago · 520 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.2255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 511 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 464 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2454 days ago · 509 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.6267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2459 days ago · 490 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2463 days ago · 533 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.0218 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 361 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.6174 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2483 days ago · 213 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007hcw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.