Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 279 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 279 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Sep 5, 2021, 6:58 AM GMT+13 (17:58 UTC), 563 km (350 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-09-04 17:58:13 UTC
Depth
562.6 km (349.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.618° S, 177.341° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 13.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1846 days ago · 563 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 1845 days ago · 558 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1840 days ago · 595 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.2257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1836 days ago · 500 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.2260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1830 days ago · 510 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.4291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1828 days ago · 574 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1827 days ago · 565 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 1823 days ago · 467 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1815 days ago · 372 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 1809 days ago · 395 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 1806 days ago · 437 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 4.0277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1804 days ago · 533 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 1803 days ago · 570 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.0276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1795 days ago · 554 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.2253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1795 days ago · 505 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 5.5Fiji region · 1795 days ago · 381 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1854 days ago · 550 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.0299 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1854 days ago · 424 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.2257 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1859 days ago · 401 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.0276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1864 days ago · 540 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 1865 days ago · 417 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1870 days ago · 594 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fa1i. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC.