M4.5 earthquake 133 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 133 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga on Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 12:00 PM GMT+13 (23:00 UTC), 207 km (128 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 85 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-27 23:00:40 UTC
- Depth
- 206.6 km (128.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.142° S, 176.496° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4134 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1747 days ago · 212 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.985 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1745 days ago · 182 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1151 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1732 days ago · 430 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.9150 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1729 days ago · 261 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 1716 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6107 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1716 days ago · 137 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fxki. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC.