M4.8 earthquake 116 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 116 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 3:47 AM GMT+14 (13:47 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-11 13:47:13 UTC
- Depth
- 43.7 km (27.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.936° S, 173.408° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.864 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3887 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.757 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3886 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.397 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3883 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.282 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3881 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.8106 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3870 days ago · 56 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3860 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3852 days ago · 149 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3838 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5143 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3837 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3833 days ago · 133 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004zhi. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC.