M4.8 earthquake 138 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 138 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Aug 24, 2016, 6:51 PM GMT+13 (05:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 76 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-24 05:51:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.254° S, 172.837° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.576 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.593 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 3674 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.497 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3674 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.0127 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3673 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.882 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3663 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5131 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3656 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 us10006g9e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.