Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 4:10 PM GMT+13 (03:10 UTC), 581 km (361 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-02-10 03:10:16 UTC
Depth
580.6 km (360.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.344° S, 177.255° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
139°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2051 days ago · 531 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 627 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 461 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2047 days ago · 563 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2037 days ago · 530 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 5.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 488 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2006 days ago · 568 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 275 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2002 days ago · 572 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 556 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000diza. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC.