M4.5 earthquake 131 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 131 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 5:40 PM GMT+13 (04:40 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 77 km E 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
- 2016-09-07 04:40:33 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.579° S, 172.635° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1115 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3664 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.298 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.077 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3655 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3649 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4162 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3641 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.457 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006pek. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.