M4.2 earthquake 82 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 82 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 7:29 AM GMT+14 (17:29 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 125 km N 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-27 17:29:54 UTC
- Depth
- 101.8 km (63.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.316° S, 174.190° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 10
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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.511 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.457 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.7125 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3620 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7123 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3609 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5119 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3600 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.534 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3597 days ago · 133 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.731 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3585 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6115 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3579 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 6.1127 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.8127 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.436 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.039 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3640 days ago · 136 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5141 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3646 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.6127 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3646 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.0118 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3647 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3649 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.298 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3656 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100073h6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC.