Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 10:41 PM GMT+13 (09:41 UTC), 382 km (237 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-23 09:41:37 UTC
Depth
381.8 km (237.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.624° S, 177.863° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4259 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2444 days ago · 485 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.5296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2437 days ago · 468 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2431 days ago · 613 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2430 days ago · 549 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 2428 days ago · 546 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.1269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2423 days ago · 388 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.1272 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 583 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2410 days ago · 520 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 464 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.0282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 499 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.3293 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2386 days ago · 375 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2447 days ago · 531 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.8292 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2456 days ago · 364 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.3289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2472 days ago · 466 km deep · 13 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007ni2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.