M4.3 earthquake 110 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 110 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 5:38 AM GMT+14 (15:38 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 89 km ESE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-24 15:38:09 UTC
- Depth
- 64.5 km (40.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.695° S, 173.105° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.393 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3563 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1118 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3535 days ago · 130 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.689 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3525 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.487 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3519 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.088 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3515 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.454 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3572 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3578 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6126 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3579 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.574 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3589 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8168 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3201 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5108 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3600 days ago · 200 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007set. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC.