M4.3 earthquake 224 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 224 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 1:47 PM GMT-12 (01:47 UTC), 376 km (234 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 152 km WSW 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
- 2016-12-26 01:47:13 UTC
- Depth
- 376.0 km (233.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.328° S, 175.863° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 14.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1268 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3527 days ago · 404 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4152 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3520 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4239 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3518 days ago · 371 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007t1p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.