M4.5 earthquake 153 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 153 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jun 9, 1982, 3:51 PM GMT-12 (03:51 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 168 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-10 03:51:07 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.575° S, 173.074° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.5145 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5150 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.5186 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3133 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16178 days ago · 143 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8160 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4155 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16179 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6110 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16179 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 6.4169 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 16182 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mtf. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC.