M4.6 earthquake 115 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 115 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 7:54 PM GMT-12 (07:54 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 110 km NNW 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-23 07:54:42 UTC
- Depth
- 90.9 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.954° S, 174.090° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7120 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3738 days ago · 254 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.4110 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3731 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1160 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3729 days ago · 256 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4132 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3708 days ago · 160 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4140 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3707 days ago · 130 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200067jt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.