M4.0 earthquake 155 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 155 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 8, 2016, 5:11 AM GMT+14 (15:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 144 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-07 15:11:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.750° S, 172.356° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 9
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
- 4.7101 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3891 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7109 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3891 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2114 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3891 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.397 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3883 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.3144 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3860 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 5.1102 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3857 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004zbz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC.