M4.3 earthquake 127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 127 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Apr 6, 2016, 3:26 PM GMT-12 (03:26 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 117 km NNE of Neiafu, 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
- 2016-04-07 03:26:32 UTC
- Depth
- 133.2 km (82.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.050° S, 174.173° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5149 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3831 days ago · 132 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5149 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3822 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6135 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3822 days ago · 69 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5117 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3819 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.693 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3814 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6143 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3813 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4137 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3808 days ago · 92 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6133 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3806 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3140 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3802 days ago · 191 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.7117 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3802 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.282 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3794 days ago · 128 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3789 days ago · 222 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.5143 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3837 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3837 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2186 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3841 days ago · 158 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3852 days ago · 149 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3860 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005ib3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC.