M4.7 earthquake 116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Nov 21, 2016, 12:48 PM GMT+14 (22:48 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 109 km NNE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-20 22:48:05 UTC
- Depth
- 39.2 km (24.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.294° S, 172.954° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3140 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3590 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6115 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3579 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3578 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.454 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3572 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3143 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3565 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3558 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.5109 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3549 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 4.828 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3545 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3545 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dpy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:11 AM UTC.