M4.9 earthquake 78 km N of Kolonga, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 78 km N of Kolonga, Tonga on Fri, Apr 15, 2016, 5:45 AM GMT+13 (16:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-14 16:45:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.421° S, 175.074° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.488 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 3813 days ago · 125 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.984 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 3802 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4107 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3789 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3122 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3782 days ago · 203 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005i2m. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.