M 4.8 earthquake – 30 km E of Safotu, Samoa
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Local time: Oct 15, 2026 · 16:36 (UTC+13)
LightShallow · 13 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.8body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 13 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -13.433, -172.11759 km from Apia
- Energy released
- 239 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 354USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 10, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 239 tons of TNT, 2 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Samoa.
- 8.1 2009 Samoa Earthquake Sep 29, 2009
- 8.0 The 1917 Samoa-Tonga Earthquake Jun 26, 1917
- 7.7 133 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga Sep 1, 1981
- 7.4 88 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga Apr 7, 1995
- 7.1 112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga Apr 14, 1957
- 6.8 109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga Dec 4, 2022
- 6.8 97 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga Nov 4, 2017
- 6.7 104 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga Aug 5, 1996