Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 3:22 AM GMT+13 (14:22 UTC), 458 km (285 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-07-09 14:22:03 UTC
Depth
457.9 km (284.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.581° S, 177.873° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
56

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 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1906 days ago · 612 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 1906 days ago · 439 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1903 days ago · 491 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1902 days ago · 605 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 5.5Fiji region · 1901 days ago · 563 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 1898 days ago · 549 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1898 days ago · 535 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1897 days ago · 550 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.3268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1896 days ago · 539 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 564 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.4238 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1888 days ago · 478 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.2277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1883 days ago · 534 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.8Fiji region · 1882 days ago · 530 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 1880 days ago · 550 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 1877 days ago · 602 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 4.5223 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1872 days ago · 385 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1870 days ago · 594 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.2246 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1870 days ago · 518 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 4.6Fiji region · 1869 days ago · 577 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 4.1296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1867 days ago · 470 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 4.0276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1865 days ago · 540 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 4.2257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1860 days ago · 401 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 4.4Fiji region · 1859 days ago · 550 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 4.1Fiji region · 1854 days ago · 550 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 4.2Fiji region · 1851 days ago · 598 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1912 days ago · 570 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1915 days ago · 566 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1921 days ago · 529 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1922 days ago · 517 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1922 days ago · 494 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 1927 days ago · 595 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1928 days ago · 505 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 1929 days ago · 542 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 1931 days ago · 578 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 1931 days ago · 552 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 1934 days ago · 587 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 1935 days ago · 400 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 1937 days ago · 530 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000elx6. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC.