M4.7 earthquake 160 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 160 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 1:24 AM GMT+13 (12:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 202 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-15 12:24:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.636° S, 174.258° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Tonga region · 3619 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.591 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3603 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.499 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3600 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.0202 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3595 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9164 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3581 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6164 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3581 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6165 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3581 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007fnb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.