M4.8 earthquake 148 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 148 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Wed, Dec 7, 2016, 11:18 PM GMT+14 (09:18 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 151 km SW of Vaini, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-07 09:18:53 UTC
- Depth
- 149.1 km (92.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.893° S, 176.407° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Tonga region · 3582 days ago · 171 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9151 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 3574 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1218 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3549 days ago · 395 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007gl6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.