Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 2:27 PM GMT+13 (01:27 UTC), 533 km (331 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. 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
2020-01-05 01:27:47 UTC
Depth
532.8 km (331.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.516° S, 177.755° 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, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2461 days ago · 550 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.6267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2460 days ago · 490 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2460 days ago · 451 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2456 days ago · 541 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2455 days ago · 509 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.5191 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2454 days ago · 292 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2452 days ago · 582 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2448 days ago · 531 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2447 days ago · 554 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 2446 days ago · 549 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.4259 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2445 days ago · 485 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2436 days ago · 585 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2432 days ago · 613 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2429 days ago · 567 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2428 days ago · 537 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 4.5259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2427 days ago · 513 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 4.1272 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 583 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 535 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 524 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 4.4297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2413 days ago · 539 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2413 days ago · 520 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 4.6Fiji region · 2412 days ago · 596 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 2412 days ago · 604 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2411 days ago · 520 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2410 days ago · 474 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 4.9Fiji region · 2408 days ago · 537 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2465 days ago · 523 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.3275 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2471 days ago · 550 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.4273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2475 days ago · 534 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.0218 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2475 days ago · 361 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2479 days ago · 554 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2491 days ago · 518 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006uvm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC.