M4.0 earthquake 207 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 207 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, Oct 4, 2016, 1:55 PM GMT+13 (00:55 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 256 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-04 00:55:44 UTC
- Depth
- 22.1 km (13.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.184° S, 175.263° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1168 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3645 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5203 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.3256 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3624 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5205 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3624 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7Tonga region · 3619 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.0202 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5268 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 5.2261 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3651 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4286 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3654 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.6259 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3654 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5263 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3654 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7116 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3668 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007dpk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.