M4.2 earthquake 144 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 144 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Nov 3, 2021, 2:56 PM GMT+13 (01:56 UTC), 262 km (163 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-03 01:56:06 UTC
- Depth
- 262.2 km (162.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.614° S, 174.811° 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 13.7 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 159°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4131 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1789 days ago · 219 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.285 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1787 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1781 days ago · 227 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4137 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1780 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5103 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1760 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1752 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.396 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1736 days ago · 165 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1733 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.6125 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1794 days ago · 176 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1168 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1804 days ago · 308 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.488 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1809 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4187 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1812 days ago · 267 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5162 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1815 days ago · 197 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3188 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1816 days ago · 291 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3142 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1821 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8117 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1822 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fslz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.