M4.5 earthquake 107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 9:55 AM GMT+14 (19:55 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 96 km ENE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-15 19:55:12 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.095° S, 173.331° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.528 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 4221 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.555 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4220 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 6.098 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 6.4110 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 4.793 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5115 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 6.596 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 5.293 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2120 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.8115 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4207 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4200 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 6.3106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4200 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 17
- 4.2112 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4196 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6105 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4195 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4194 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.696 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4192 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.7106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4186 days ago · 87 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4174 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.573 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.491 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4167 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 5.195 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4164 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.678 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4223 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3124 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4227 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 4234 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.7105 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4235 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.184 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 4240 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.086 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 4250 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001ngy. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.