M4.7 earthquake 31 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 31 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Dec 10, 2016, 9:36 AM GMT+14 (19:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 28 km NE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-09 19:36:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.183° S, 173.967° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.454 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3574 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.393 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3564 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.576 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3558 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.828 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3547 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.252 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3531 days ago · 157 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.574 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3590 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7114 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3591 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.534 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3598 days ago · 133 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5108 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3601 days ago · 200 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.073 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3615 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200081gt. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:57 PM UTC.