M4.6 earthquake 58 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 58 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Sep 4, 2016, 6:07 AM GMT+13 (17:07 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 118 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-03 17:07:18 UTC
- Depth
- 76.8 km (47.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.504° S, 174.514° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Pawnee.
From the USGS event page for us10006k1d. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 8.4 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.4118 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3661 days ago · 202 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 4.339 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3652 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.580 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3650 days ago · 134 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5146 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3648 days ago · 201 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006k1d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.