M4.5 earthquake 63 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 63 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 3:37 PM GMT+13 (02:37 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 115 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
- 2016-06-22 02:37:51 UTC
- Depth
- 46.7 km (29.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.526° S, 173.717° 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, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 87
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6115 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3755 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.544 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3754 days ago · 176 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.414 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3739 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Tonga · 3722 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4140 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3707 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200065wp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.