Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 2:56 PM GMT+13 (01:56 UTC), 369 km (230 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2021-02-07 01:56:52 UTC
Depth
369.4 km (229.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.754° S, 177.444° 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, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
80

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2059 days ago · 324 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2058 days ago · 501 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.4268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2052 days ago · 480 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2036 days ago · 547 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.6298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2032 days ago · 476 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2031 days ago · 529 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 5.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2029 days ago · 488 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2029 days ago · 553 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 2023 days ago · 555 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 541 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.4276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2022 days ago · 423 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2019 days ago · 388 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2017 days ago · 487 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2017 days ago · 549 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2017 days ago · 537 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2014 days ago · 398 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.4193 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2007 days ago · 505 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 2004 days ago · 275 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 2002 days ago · 592 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.5274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2062 days ago · 332 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2063 days ago · 408 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.8289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2065 days ago · 530 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 2071 days ago · 560 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2073 days ago · 521 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 526 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2086 days ago · 578 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2087 days ago · 536 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2087 days ago · 471 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2089 days ago · 539 km deep · 80 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000df92 (also filed as iscgem619810834). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC.