M4.5 earthquake 28 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 28 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Feb 26, 2016, 11:10 AM GMT+13 (22:10 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 67 km WNW 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
- 2016-02-25 22:10:07 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.478° S, 173.778° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.767 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3873 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.267 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3870 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 3.977 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3863 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5124 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3846 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.851 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3842 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.551 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3841 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.656 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3830 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.631 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3823 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004tu5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.