Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 14 km N of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 14 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 8:30 AM GMT+13 (19:30 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 92 km N of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-09 19:30:01 UTC
Depth
70.0 km (43.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.821° S, 173.812° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 13.8 km horizontally, 12.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
145°
Stations used
15

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.668 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3739 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 5.992 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3725 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 10
  3. 4.5Tonga · 3722 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.888 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3720 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.7104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3702 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.462 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3701 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.432 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3683 days ago · 116 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.687 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3747 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.544 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3754 days ago · 176 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.563 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3756 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.5103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3764 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.468 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3766 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.496 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3768 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006ewj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.