M4.4 earthquake 132 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 132 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Mar 19, 2016, 11:18 PM GMT+13 (10:18 UTC), 248 km (154 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 144 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-19 10:18:59 UTC
- Depth
- 248.2 km (154.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.696° S, 175.242° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8144 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3833 days ago · 214 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2124 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3829 days ago · 217 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2153 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 3819 days ago · 185 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3128 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3813 days ago · 230 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3809 days ago · 217 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bsm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC.