Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 6:08 AM GMT+13 (17:08 UTC), 480 km (298 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
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-02-15 17:08:00 UTC
Depth
479.5 km (298.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.305° S, 177.624° 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 15.7 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 461 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2046 days ago · 563 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2043 days ago · 576 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2036 days ago · 530 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2035 days ago · 547 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2034 days ago · 551 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2030 days ago · 529 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 2029 days ago · 598 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 5.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 488 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 555 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 541 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 487 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 2016 days ago · 549 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 537 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2010 days ago · 574 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 4.4193 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2006 days ago · 505 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 275 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 4.1Fiji region · 2001 days ago · 592 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 1999 days ago · 531 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 4.3265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 505 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 4.6265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 436 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 4.2Fiji region · 1995 days ago · 561 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 501 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.5222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2058 days ago · 324 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 5.0236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2060 days ago · 369 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2062 days ago · 408 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.8289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2064 days ago · 530 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.8Fiji region · 2070 days ago · 560 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 2071 days ago · 574 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2072 days ago · 521 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2074 days ago · 526 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dhuk. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:22 PM UTC.