M4.6 earthquake 66 km SSW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 66 km SSW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, May 24, 2016, 1:11 AM GMT+13 (12:11 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 33 km E 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
- 2016-05-23 12:11:52 UTC
- Depth
- 20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.221° S, 174.193° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 38
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.691 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3751 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.660 km SW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3748 days ago · 119 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.954 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3743 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.233 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.751 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005ykv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.