M4.5 earthquake 136 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 136 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 7:59 AM GMT+14 (17:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2016-12-25 17:59:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.863° S, 173.668° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007su0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.