M4.6 earthquake 124 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 124 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 7:09 AM GMT+13 (18:09 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 166 km ESE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-28 18:09:31 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.223° S, 172.962° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8130 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3892 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.3166 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3891 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6165 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3891 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.0152 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3890 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4129 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3871 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004wlm. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.