M4.5 earthquake 55 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 55 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 12:06 PM GMT+13 (23:06 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 119 km SSE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-24 23:06:14 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.278° S, 174.156° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8119 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.635 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 3621 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3611 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.882 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3663 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 3674 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.9105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3683 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.576 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006uzy. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.