M4.5 earthquake 117 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 117 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Dec 11, 2015, 3:58 PM GMT+13 (02:58 UTC), 167 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 111 km WNW 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-11 02:58:12 UTC
- Depth
- 166.7 km (103.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.152° S, 174.968° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0111 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3941 days ago · 198 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.6166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3928 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3900 days ago · 149 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004gb8. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.