M4.8 earthquake 51 km N of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 51 km N of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Mar 28, 2016, 10:09 PM GMT+13 (09:09 UTC), 35 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 133 km NE 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
- 2016-03-28 09:09:07 UTC
- Depth
- 34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.191° S, 173.907° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.551 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3842 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.5143 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3837 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.656 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3831 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.631 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3823 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.7133 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3815 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6143 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3813 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6133 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3806 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.7117 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3802 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.678 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005dxj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC.