Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:21 PM GMT+13 (01:21 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-23 01:21:20 UTC
Depth
551.0 km (342.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.808° S, 177.356° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2104 days ago · 498 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2103 days ago · 515 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2095 days ago · 593 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2095 days ago · 539 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2093 days ago · 471 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2092 days ago · 536 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 556 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2082 days ago · 556 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2081 days ago · 526 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2079 days ago · 521 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 574 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.8289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2070 days ago · 530 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2068 days ago · 408 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 4.5222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2064 days ago · 324 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2063 days ago · 501 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 4.8292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2063 days ago · 581 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 2058 days ago · 531 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 4.4268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 480 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 4.6Fiji region · 2053 days ago · 461 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2053 days ago · 563 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 408 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2115 days ago · 558 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2118 days ago · 544 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2125 days ago · 524 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2129 days ago · 396 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2131 days ago · 555 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2137 days ago · 510 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2140 days ago · 570 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d5rq. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC.