M4.4 earthquake 39 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 39 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, May 12, 2016, 9:12 AM GMT+13 (20:12 UTC), 139 km (86 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 115 km SSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-11 20:12:19 UTC
- Depth
- 138.6 km (86.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.102° S, 174.131° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.282 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3794 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3789 days ago · 222 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.468 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3766 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.563 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3757 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6115 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3755 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.544 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3755 days ago · 176 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.414 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3739 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.668 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3739 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005ii4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.