M4.4 earthquake 36 km E of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 36 km E of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 1:10 AM GMT+13 (12:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 34 km SSE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-02 12:10:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.709° S, 173.642° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.634 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.658 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3683 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4115 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3683 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 3675 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.497 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3674 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5131 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.339 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3653 days ago · 106 km deep · 5 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ki9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.