Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 10:35 AM GMT+13 (21:35 UTC), 436 km (271 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 207 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-04-11 21:35:48 UTC
Depth
436.0 km (270.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.161° S, 177.774° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
125°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1996 days ago · 561 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 1991 days ago · 582 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1988 days ago · 510 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.9201 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1987 days ago · 292 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 5.1270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1985 days ago · 495 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 6.5207 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1983 days ago · 246 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1982 days ago · 548 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 490 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.5266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 518 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1979 days ago · 534 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 1979 days ago · 568 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1976 days ago · 484 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.8238 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1975 days ago · 352 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 566 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1973 days ago · 496 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 1966 days ago · 584 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 5.1215 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1962 days ago · 238 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 1961 days ago · 585 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.2238 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1959 days ago · 374 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 1954 days ago · 553 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 1954 days ago · 566 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 550 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1953 days ago · 533 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 4.3Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 572 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 4.4Fiji region · 1940 days ago · 581 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 4.3Fiji region · 1937 days ago · 530 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.3265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1997 days ago · 505 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2015 days ago · 398 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2017 days ago · 487 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.4276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2022 days ago · 423 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 541 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 555 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e25w. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC.