M5.0 earthquake 146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Dec 4, 2016, 12:44 PM GMT-12 (00:44 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 145 km SSW 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-05 00:44:34 UTC
- Depth
- 75.4 km (46.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.267° S, 174.006° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 94
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.574 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3586 days ago · 166 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6126 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3579 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.356 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3563 days ago · 125 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7141 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3563 days ago · 93 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.7151 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3556 days ago · 95 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2150 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3553 days ago · 107 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.1145 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3543 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.7136 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3530 days ago · 117 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.7114 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3590 days ago · 128 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5108 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3600 days ago · 200 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4148 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3603 days ago · 271 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4150 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3605 days ago · 84 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4134 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3606 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4128 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3606 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 3611 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 247 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007ev7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.