M5.1 earthquake 215 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 215 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:31 PM GMT+13 (00:31 UTC), 238 km (148 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-17 00:31:12 UTC
- Depth
- 237.6 km (147.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.617° S, 177.231° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 163
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2238 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1959 days ago · 374 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1914 days ago · 246 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.3137 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1965 days ago · 437 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8238 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1975 days ago · 352 km deep · 35 km away
- 6.5207 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1982 days ago · 246 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9201 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1986 days ago · 292 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e3n1 (also filed as usauto7000e3n1, iscgem620377081). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.