M4.8 earthquake 171 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 171 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Nov 24, 2016, 5:04 PM GMT-12 (05:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 96 km ENE 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-25 05:04:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.778° S, 172.645° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8168 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.996 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3584 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5172 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3575 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1210 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3562 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4250 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3550 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4207 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3549 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007ec1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.