M4.5 earthquake 54 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 54 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 3:52 AM GMT+14 (13:52 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 135 km SSW 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
- 2016-04-02 13:52:52 UTC
- Depth
- 80.6 km (50.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.395° S, 174.025° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3833 days ago · 133 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5149 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3822 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6135 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3822 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.463 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3821 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.43 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3821 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5117 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3820 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.693 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3815 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4137 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3809 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.524 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3804 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3140 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3803 days ago · 191 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.225 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3800 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3799 days ago · 139 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.282 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3795 days ago · 128 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3790 days ago · 222 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.554 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3850 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3853 days ago · 149 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.521 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3859 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3861 days ago · 94 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.567 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3865 days ago · 168 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005e4u. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:13 PM UTC.