M4.4 earthquake 278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 6:47 AM GMT+13 (17:47 UTC), 475 km (295 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 298 km W of Haveluloto, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-23 17:47:54 UTC
- Depth
- 475.4 km (295.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.017° S, 177.893° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 106
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1769 days ago · 542 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1767 days ago · 505 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1766 days ago · 570 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1756 days ago · 558 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1750 days ago · 522 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4239 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1747 days ago · 486 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1746 days ago · 505 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1728 days ago · 554 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3233 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1728 days ago · 553 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1722 days ago · 556 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1716 days ago · 530 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1712 days ago · 550 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1711 days ago · 525 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1711 days ago · 392 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 1779 days ago · 568 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1780 days ago · 539 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.9269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1781 days ago · 505 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1782 days ago · 532 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1786 days ago · 583 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1791 days ago · 576 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1795 days ago · 505 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fwi5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC.