Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 12:13 AM GMT+13 (11:13 UTC), 546 km (340 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-11-22 11:13:42 UTC
Depth
546.4 km (339.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.053° S, 177.465° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2133 days ago · 570 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2130 days ago · 510 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2124 days ago · 555 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 396 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 524 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.1289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 465 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 610 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 544 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 544 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2108 days ago · 558 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2107 days ago · 408 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2105 days ago · 551 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.0278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2102 days ago · 471 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2097 days ago · 498 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2097 days ago · 515 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2092 days ago · 564 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 582 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2088 days ago · 539 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2086 days ago · 471 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 536 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2140 days ago · 542 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 6.0291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2147 days ago · 417 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.0277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 405 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 5.7267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2155 days ago · 388 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2158 days ago · 499 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.3249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2160 days ago · 510 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 596 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000csj2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.