M5.0 earthquake 77 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 77 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 9:49 AM GMT+14 (19:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-30 19:49:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.086° S, 173.089° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.573 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3634 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.511 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.457 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.489 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3621 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.392 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3621 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.073 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3615 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.7116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3604 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006u6f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:58 AM UTC.