Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 4:20 PM GMT+13 (03:20 UTC), 332 km (206 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-07-09 03:20:47 UTC
Depth
331.8 km (206.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.826° S, 177.532° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
29

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 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2266 days ago · 496 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2264 days ago · 547 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2261 days ago · 539 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.2273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2254 days ago · 547 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.0282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2248 days ago · 542 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2247 days ago · 571 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 2241 days ago · 579 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2236 days ago · 559 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.1267 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2234 days ago · 550 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2232 days ago · 502 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 433 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 565 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 495 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.6288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2227 days ago · 558 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 533 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 578 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 2224 days ago · 590 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 2221 days ago · 567 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2218 days ago · 492 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2217 days ago · 545 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 4.5264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 517 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.1287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 541 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2275 days ago · 514 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2276 days ago · 558 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2276 days ago · 561 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.1231 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2281 days ago · 496 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2282 days ago · 533 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2284 days ago · 549 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2287 days ago · 538 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.1274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2288 days ago · 402 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.1266 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2288 days ago · 540 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 2293 days ago · 565 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 4.6276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 555 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.3296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2300 days ago · 498 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2301 days ago · 546 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000api3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC.