M4.4 earthquake 69 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 6:05 PM GMT+13 (05:05 UTC), 163 km (101 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 101 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-24 05:05:08 UTC
- Depth
- 162.8 km (101.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.993° S, 175.856° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dyl0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.