M4.4 earthquake 106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Sep 11, 2016, 8:56 AM GMT+13 (19:56 UTC), 45 km (28 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-10 19:56:53 UTC
- Depth
- 45.5 km (28.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.863° S, 173.468° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 4.187 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3674 days ago · 138 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.387 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3666 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.077 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.573 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3635 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.985 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3631 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5148 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 168 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.489 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3622 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.392 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3621 days ago · 53 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006pv5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.