M4.1 earthquake 166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Nov 6, 2016, 8:45 PM GMT-12 (08:45 UTC), 247 km (153 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-07 08:45:06 UTC
- Depth
- 246.9 km (153.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.408° S, 174.870° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 14.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Tonga · 3611 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4128 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3606 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4150 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3605 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4148 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3603 days ago · 271 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7114 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3590 days ago · 128 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.0146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1112 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 223 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3586 days ago · 166 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7200 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3584 days ago · 269 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.5120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3624 days ago · 168 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8154 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3624 days ago · 211 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5148 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4162 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3627 days ago · 225 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3208 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3637 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076yl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.