Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 9:07 AM GMT+13 (20:07 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 87 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-04-29 20:07:18 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.054° S, 173.360° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
104

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.524 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3804 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.4107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3802 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.5108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.3147 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.6104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3789 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.9134 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3788 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.4100 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3776 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 5.487 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3774 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.496 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3768 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.8114 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3768 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 4.468 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3766 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.5103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.5141 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3818 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.694 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3833 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.594 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3838 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005cis. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.