M4.3 earthquake 201 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 201 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Dec 2, 2016, 3:57 PM GMT+14 (01:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 168 km SE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-02 01:57:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.918° S, 172.200° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8168 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3110 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3570 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4207 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3549 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1118 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3535 days ago · 130 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007zgs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC.