M4.2 earthquake 220 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 220 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 9:22 PM GMT+14 (07:22 UTC), 230 km (143 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 199 km SW of Vaini, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-15 07:22:33 UTC
- Depth
- 229.6 km (142.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.604° S, 176.683° 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 18.3 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5242 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3605 days ago · 540 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.5199 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 3591 days ago · 155 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8148 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3587 days ago · 149 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9151 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 3574 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5276 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3573 days ago · 269 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3274 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3560 days ago · 381 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1218 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3549 days ago · 395 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007di5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.