M4.2 earthquake 259 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 259 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Mon, Jul 4, 2016, 5:45 AM GMT+13 (16:45 UTC), 338 km (210 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-03 16:45:10 UTC
- Depth
- 337.9 km (210.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 22.096° S, 177.504° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 22
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2190 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3743 days ago · 285 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3740 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3204 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 3709 days ago · 163 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100061yy. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC.