Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 11:32 AM GMT+13 (22:32 UTC), 332 km (206 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-02-05 22:32:29 UTC
Depth
332.2 km (206.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.409° S, 177.847° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
87

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2059 days ago · 369 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.5222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2058 days ago · 324 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2045 days ago · 585 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2045 days ago · 582 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2043 days ago · 576 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 5.4Fiji region · 2035 days ago · 548 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2035 days ago · 547 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2034 days ago · 588 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2033 days ago · 567 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.6298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2031 days ago · 476 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 555 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.4276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2021 days ago · 423 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 4.4276 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2019 days ago · 316 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 487 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 2014 days ago · 398 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 554 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2083 days ago · 645 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 589 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 578 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 565 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000deyl. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.