M4.6 earthquake 93 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 93 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 5:17 PM GMT+13 (04:17 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 136 km N 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
- 2020-02-16 04:17:50 UTC
- Depth
- 80.8 km (50.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.031° S, 174.579° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 12.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7136 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2419 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.286 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5134 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.334 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2402 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3150 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.790 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2428 days ago · 77 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9109 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2431 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8155 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7134 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.794 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.5175 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2449 days ago · 248 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007u82. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:57 PM UTC.