M4.7 earthquake 84 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 84 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, Jun 12, 2017, 7:56 PM GMT+13 (06:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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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
- 2017-06-12 06:56:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.021° S, 174.428° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2156 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3392 days ago · 240 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4156 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3392 days ago · 211 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1173 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3367 days ago · 242 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5139 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3365 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7145 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3358 days ago · 218 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.396 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3358 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.377 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3355 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.668 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3344 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009n1m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC.