M4.7 earthquake 141 km N of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 141 km N of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 7:58 AM GMT-12 (19:58 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 145 km SSW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-31 19:58:49 UTC
- Depth
- 92.9 km (57.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.373° S, 173.900° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7151 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3555 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2150 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3552 days ago · 107 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.1145 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3542 days ago · 110 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7136 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3530 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3113 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3517 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5131 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3503 days ago · 196 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.356 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3563 days ago · 125 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6126 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3578 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3586 days ago · 166 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.574 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3588 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.0146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.7114 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007nx4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC.