M4.5 earthquake 108 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 108 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 7:47 AM GMT+13 (18:47 UTC), 210 km (131 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 110 km NNW 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
- 2016-07-10 18:47:36 UTC
- Depth
- 210.1 km (130.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.246° S, 174.921° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4110 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3731 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1160 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3729 days ago · 256 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.890 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3709 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.388 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3689 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.658 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3683 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100062fb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.