M3.9 earthquake 94 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 94 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Nov 16, 2008, 3:09 AM GMT-11 (14:09 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 86 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-11-16 14:09:46 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.533° S, 173.028° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000gnuf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.344 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6526 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.952 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6519 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6519 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.678 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6518 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.122 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6512 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3137 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 6510 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.7129 km SW of Lotofag?, Samoa · 6510 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.190 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6497 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.259 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6493 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.886 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6487 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6486 days ago · 177 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.090 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6484 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.671 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6478 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.466 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6472 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.3111 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 6536 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.376 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6541 days ago · 144 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4122 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6548 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.562 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6556 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.486 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 6558 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gnuf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.