M4.8 earthquake 289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Feb 3, 2021, 2:38 PM GMT+13 (01:38 UTC), 530 km (329 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-03 01:38:56 UTC
- Depth
- 530.2 km (329.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.355° S, 177.861° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 112
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2062 days ago · 408 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.0236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2060 days ago · 369 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2058 days ago · 324 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 501 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2051 days ago · 480 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 461 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2046 days ago · 563 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2046 days ago · 585 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2043 days ago · 576 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2036 days ago · 530 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2035 days ago · 547 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2034 days ago · 551 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2033 days ago · 567 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2030 days ago · 529 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2029 days ago · 598 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 488 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 555 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 541 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 487 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2016 days ago · 549 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 537 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2010 days ago · 574 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4193 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2006 days ago · 505 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.8Fiji region · 2070 days ago · 560 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2071 days ago · 574 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2072 days ago · 521 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2074 days ago · 526 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2083 days ago · 558 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 578 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 565 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 536 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2086 days ago · 471 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2088 days ago · 539 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 582 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2093 days ago · 564 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000de2c. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.