M4.6 earthquake 72 km NE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 72 km NE of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 1:07 AM GMT+13 (12:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 127 km E of Pangai, 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
- 2016-09-02 12:07:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.347° S, 173.868° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.436 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.634 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 3674 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.0127 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3673 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.882 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3663 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5131 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.339 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3652 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ki1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.