M4.7 earthquake 100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Nov 14, 2016, 9:33 PM GMT+14 (07:33 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-14 07:33:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.526° S, 173.751° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8Tonga · 3610 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.1119 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3585 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.2116 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3582 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.4125 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.186 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3571 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5136 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3570 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100077ld. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC.