Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 226 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 226 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 2:19 PM GMT+13 (01:19 UTC), 571 km (355 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-15 01:19:05 UTC
Depth
570.7 km (354.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.080° S, 177.393° 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 14.6 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
173°
Stations used
20

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2116 days ago · 492 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 568 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 490 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2111 days ago · 558 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2110 days ago · 467 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.0278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2105 days ago · 471 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2102 days ago · 488 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2101 days ago · 498 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2100 days ago · 515 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2099 days ago · 542 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2090 days ago · 471 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2089 days ago · 536 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 578 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 521 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 4.8289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2067 days ago · 530 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2065 days ago · 408 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.5274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2064 days ago · 332 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 5.0236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2063 days ago · 369 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.5222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2061 days ago · 324 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2060 days ago · 501 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.1289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2121 days ago · 465 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2121 days ago · 524 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2134 days ago · 510 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cs5w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.