M4.5 earthquake 44 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 44 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 24, 2016, 1:03 PM GMT+13 (00:03 UTC), 176 km (109 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 92 km N 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
- 2016-06-24 00:03:00 UTC
- Depth
- 175.8 km (109.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.740° S, 174.147° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.414 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3739 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.668 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3738 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1106 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3737 days ago · 267 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.992 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3725 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 4.3135 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3715 days ago · 245 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.462 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3701 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200067wa. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC.