M4.1 earthquake 106 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 106 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 2:46 AM GMT-12 (14:46 UTC), 267 km (166 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 158 km WSW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-11 14:46:12 UTC
- Depth
- 267.2 km (166.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.000° S, 174.794° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6158 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3731 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3135 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3715 days ago · 245 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4132 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3707 days ago · 160 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6159 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3695 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.432 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3682 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006fqd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.