M4.7 earthquake Tonga region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Tonga region on Tue, Jun 6, 2017, 9:38 PM GMT+13 (08:38 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-06 08:38:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.979° S, 172.775° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.691 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3403 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7196 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3401 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3122 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 3388 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6117 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3366 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009lyw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC.