M4.6 earthquake 91 km E of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 91 km E of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Jun 10, 2017, 3:17 PM GMT+13 (02:17 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 156 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-10 02:17:22 UTC
- Depth
- 64.3 km (39.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.591° S, 173.118° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.072 · 58 stations |
| 5.07 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
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 6.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3122 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6117 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3367 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.4156 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3349 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009lp1 (also filed as iscgem610669144). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.