M4.2 earthquake 202 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 202 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Fri, Oct 7, 2016, 11:39 AM GMT+13 (22:39 UTC), 561 km (349 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 265 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-06 22:39:43 UTC
- Depth
- 561.4 km (348.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.610° S, 177.106° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 20
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
- 4.3136 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3618 days ago · 170 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.3265 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3609 days ago · 296 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5242 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3606 days ago · 540 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007duq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.