M4.6 earthquake 176 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 176 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 2:30 PM GMT+13 (01:30 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 135 km WSW 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-24 01:30:53 UTC
- Depth
- 100.6 km (62.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.126° S, 176.566° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2178 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2200 days ago · 184 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1222 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2190 days ago · 165 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3242 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2190 days ago · 224 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7135 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2183 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1196 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2152 days ago · 224 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c0dh. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:28 AM UTC.