M4.6 earthquake 91 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 91 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 5:09 AM GMT+13 (16:09 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-27 16:09:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.205° S, 173.339° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.954 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3743 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.233 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3743 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.751 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3743 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7136 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3729 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8138 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3694 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005z6v. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC.