M4.8 earthquake 82 km E of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 82 km E of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 2:49 AM GMT+13 (13:49 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-23 13:49:07 UTC
- Depth
- 47.5 km (29.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.805° S, 173.563° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.555 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3661 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5131 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6165 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3611 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.8Tonga · 3609 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 5.0127 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3673 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 3674 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3683 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.672 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.593 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.576 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006rzv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.