M5.5 earthquake 116 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 116 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Jun 11, 1982, 2:06 PM GMT+13 (01:06 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-11 01:06:08 UTC
- Depth
- 119.0 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.680° S, 174.411° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9119 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 16174 days ago · 121 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3155 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 16174 days ago · 123 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4107 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 16172 days ago · 461 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.9127 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 16170 days ago · 120 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9158 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 16167 days ago · 124 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5117 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 16156 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7143 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 16133 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.8105 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 16132 days ago · 143 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mu2 (also filed as iscgem596962). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:14 AM UTC.