M4.5 earthquake 129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 129 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Feb 1, 2016, 2:41 PM GMT+13 (01:41 UTC), 149 km (92 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 67 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-01 01:41:35 UTC
- Depth
- 148.9 km (92.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.793° S, 174.820° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 95
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3108 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3890 days ago · 200 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3190 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3888 days ago · 258 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.8127 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3883 days ago · 247 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.767 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3873 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.267 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3870 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 3.977 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3863 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2186 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3841 days ago · 158 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004w89. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.