M4.5 earthquake 80 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 80 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Oct 6, 2016, 6:58 AM GMT+13 (17:58 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 154 km NW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-05 17:58:16 UTC
- Depth
- 134.0 km (83.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.973° S, 174.259° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5148 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8154 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 211 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3618 days ago · 247 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 3612 days ago · 106 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4128 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3607 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4150 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3607 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007dsr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.