M4.8 earthquake 130 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 130 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Feb 8, 2016, 1:19 PM GMT+13 (00:19 UTC), 24 km (15 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-08 00:19:31 UTC
- Depth
- 23.5 km (14.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.447° S, 173.067° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 37 stations |
| 4.97 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
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 10.0 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3166 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3891 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6165 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3891 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.0152 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3890 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4129 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3871 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.0121 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3866 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004ymi (also filed as gcmt20160208001931, iscgem608319855). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC.