M4.9 earthquake 150 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 150 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Nov 14, 2016, 12:26 AM GMT-12 (12:26 UTC), 136 km (84 mi) below the surface.
Map
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The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-14 12:26:21 UTC
- Depth
- 135.5 km (84.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.467° S, 175.096° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dgk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:41 PM UTC.