M4.5 earthquake 119 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 119 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Nov 25, 2016, 1:11 PM GMT+14 (23:11 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 137 km NW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-24 23:11:46 UTC
- Depth
- 55.9 km (34.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.374° S, 174.736° 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, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Tonga · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.576 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3557 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.689 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3557 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9137 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3555 days ago · 232 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.288 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3551 days ago · 381 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3548 days ago · 297 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007eaz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.