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M6.5 earthquake, Tonga, 2003-01-04

MagnitudeM6.5mwc

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Depth378 km

Time (UTC)2003-01-04 05:15

Rank in 200341 / 154among M6+

Rank since 19004527 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · -20.57, -177.66

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.6 2003-01-20	2003-01-20 18:43	600 km	Fiji region

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2018 M8.2M8.2

1903 M8.0M8.0

1997 M7.8M7.8

1919 M7.8M7.8

1950 M7.8M7.8

2002 M7.7M7.7

1909 M7.6M7.6

1994 M7.6M7.6

1962 M7.5M7.5

1957 M7.4M7.4

1996 M7.4M7.4

2013 M7.4M7.4

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.2 2002-10-22	2002-10-22 11:39	549 km	Fiji region
M6.2 2002-10-17	2002-10-17 04:23	628 km	Fiji region
M6.3 2002-10-04	2002-10-04 19:05	621 km	Fiji region
M6.0 2002-09-07	2002-09-07 08:14	210 km	129 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
M7.7 2002-08-19	2002-08-19 11:01	580 km	Fiji region
M6.5 2001-09-12	2001-09-12 08:48	608 km	Fiji region
M6.5 2001-07-04	2001-07-04 07:06	185 km	167 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
M6.4 2001-05-26	2001-05-26 10:57	406 km	Fiji region
M6.0 2001-05-19	2001-05-19 17:36	369 km	277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga
M6.9 2001-04-28	2001-04-28 04:49	352 km	Fiji region

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.