M4.1 earthquake 106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Oct 7, 2016, 5:10 AM GMT+14 (15:10 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 125 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-06 15:10:36 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.080° S, 173.385° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.436 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3638 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2131 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3634 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.282 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3628 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.511 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.457 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3626 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7125 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3620 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7123 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3608 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3604 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3140 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3591 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007duh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.