M4.5 earthquake 67 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 67 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Mar 7, 2016, 12:02 PM GMT+14 (22:02 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 64 km N 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
- 2016-03-06 22:02:52 UTC
- Depth
- 167.9 km (104.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.597° S, 174.305° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3860 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.521 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3858 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.554 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3849 days ago · 81 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.664 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3844 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1120 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3841 days ago · 321 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.594 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3838 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3838 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.694 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3834 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.43 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3820 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004wi4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.