M4.7 earthquake 125 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 125 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 5, 2016, 1:43 PM GMT+14 (23:43 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-04 23:43:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.827° S, 173.919° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7123 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3609 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3140 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6115 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3580 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 4.457 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3627 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.282 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3629 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2131 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3635 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.436 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.0118 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3650 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076pq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC.