M4.4 earthquake 148 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 148 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Nov 20, 2016, 11:00 AM GMT-12 (23:00 UTC), 271 km (169 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 146 km S 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
- 2016-11-20 23:00:41 UTC
- Depth
- 271.5 km (168.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.944° S, 174.731° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5108 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3600 days ago · 200 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7114 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3590 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.0146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3586 days ago · 166 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7200 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3584 days ago · 269 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7151 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3556 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2150 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3552 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7184 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3547 days ago · 229 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 4.4150 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3605 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4128 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3606 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9150 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3610 days ago · 136 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 3611 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 247 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3624 days ago · 168 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5148 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.985 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3630 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dpq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC.