M4.5 earthquake 134 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 134 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Jan 3, 2016, 11:01 AM GMT-12 (23:01 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 67 km NW 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
- 2016-01-03 23:01:21 UTC
- Depth
- 66.3 km (41.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.465° S, 174.245° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3899 days ago · 149 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3108 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3890 days ago · 200 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3190 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3888 days ago · 258 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.767 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3873 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004dzf. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:49 AM UTC.