Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 87 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 87 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Jul 2, 2016, 11:42 AM GMT+13 (22:42 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 115 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-01 22:42:06 UTC
Depth
20.3 km (12.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.413° S, 173.200° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6135 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3746 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.7141 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3746 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.414 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3738 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.668 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3738 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 5.8142 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3738 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 6.0115 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3738 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 5.992 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3724 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 10
  8. 4.5Tonga · 3722 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.888 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3720 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 4.7104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3701 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.462 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3701 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 4.5103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3764 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.468 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3766 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.8114 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3768 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.496 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3768 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.597 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3774 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 5.487 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3774 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 4.4100 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3775 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.688 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3776 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005zcc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC.