M4.4 earthquake 124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, May 26, 2016, 5:00 PM GMT+13 (04:00 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 105 km SSE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-26 04:00:36 UTC
- Depth
- 44.9 km (27.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.904° S, 173.167° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.597 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3774 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4198 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3773 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6151 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3773 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4175 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3768 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.2105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3768 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.563 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3756 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6115 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3755 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005y12. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC.