M4.5 earthquake 74 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 74 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 6, 2016, 8:52 AM GMT+14 (18:52 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 145 km SSW 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
- 2016-12-05 18:52:38 UTC
- Depth
- 80.8 km (50.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.620° S, 173.727° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3588 days ago · 166 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.731 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3586 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6126 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.454 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3574 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3110 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3571 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.393 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3565 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7141 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3564 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7151 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3557 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2150 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3554 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.828 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3547 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.1145 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3544 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1118 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3536 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7136 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3532 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.252 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3531 days ago · 157 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 5.0146 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3591 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7114 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3591 days ago · 128 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.534 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3598 days ago · 133 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5108 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3601 days ago · 200 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4134 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3607 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.073 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3615 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000807x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC.