Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 78 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 78 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, May 11, 2016, 10:05 AM GMT+13 (21:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 33 km E of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-10 21:05:48 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
18.470° S, 173.267° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
104°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5114 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3773 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.364 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3767 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.7160 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3764 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.6149 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3762 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.5131 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3752 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.691 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3751 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.954 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3743 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 5.233 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.751 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 4.6148 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 5.7133 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3815 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.631 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3823 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.6114 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3827 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005i97. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC.