M4.4 earthquake 283 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 283 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Sun, Sep 4, 2016, 11:20 PM GMT+13 (10:20 UTC), 144 km (90 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-04 10:20:22 UTC
- Depth
- 144.2 km (89.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.258° S, 176.810° 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 19.5 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mr2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC.