Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 8:13 AM GMT+13 (19:13 UTC), 324 km (202 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
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-02-08 19:13:49 UTC
Depth
324.4 km (201.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.701° S, 177.295° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 501 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.4268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2051 days ago · 480 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2035 days ago · 547 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2030 days ago · 529 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 5.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 488 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 541 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 487 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 2016 days ago · 549 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2015 days ago · 537 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.4193 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2006 days ago · 505 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 275 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 5.0236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2060 days ago · 369 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.5274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2061 days ago · 332 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2062 days ago · 408 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.8289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2064 days ago · 530 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2072 days ago · 521 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2074 days ago · 526 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 578 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 536 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2086 days ago · 471 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dh3p. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC.