M4.5 earthquake 34 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Nov 28, 2016, 12:03 PM GMT+14 (22:03 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 28 km NE 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
- 2016-11-27 22:03:43 UTC
- Depth
- 133.1 km (82.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.048° S, 174.104° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.574 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.731 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3585 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.454 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3573 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.576 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3557 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.689 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3557 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.288 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3551 days ago · 381 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3548 days ago · 297 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.828 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3546 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007f0j. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.