Tonga earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 3:16 AM GMT+13 (14:16 UTC), 501 km (311 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-16 14:16:02 UTC
Depth
500.8 km (311.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.154° S, 177.568° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 10.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 1503 days ago · 518 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.8276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1501 days ago · 500 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1493 days ago · 518 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1489 days ago · 546 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 1487 days ago · 538 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 1486 days ago · 585 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 1486 days ago · 584 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.2298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1485 days ago · 561 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 1484 days ago · 584 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.4250 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1483 days ago · 477 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 1481 days ago · 453 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 1472 days ago · 561 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 1472 days ago · 561 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 4.1232 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1469 days ago · 342 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1469 days ago · 568 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 1468 days ago · 572 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 1467 days ago · 583 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 1463 days ago · 446 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 4.6263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1458 days ago · 502 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 1455 days ago · 429 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 4.9292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1453 days ago · 491 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 4.0Fiji region · 1451 days ago · 544 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.1281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1510 days ago · 495 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1514 days ago · 468 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 1514 days ago · 403 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.8276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1515 days ago · 543 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.1251 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1518 days ago · 467 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 1521 days ago · 397 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 1524 days ago · 537 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1528 days ago · 572 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1529 days ago · 568 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.2256 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1531 days ago · 546 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 1533 days ago · 608 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 1535 days ago · 536 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 4.4285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1536 days ago · 537 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 4.5287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1538 days ago · 523 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.4294 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1538 days ago · 540 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i2c3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.