M4.7 earthquake 57 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 57 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 15, 2016, 2:46 AM GMT+14 (12:46 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 106 km SSE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-14 12:46:01 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.455° S, 173.947° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.282 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3881 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3870 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3860 days ago · 94 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.521 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3858 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3852 days ago · 149 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.554 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3849 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3837 days ago · 81 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.3127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3833 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004qje. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC.