M4.3 earthquake 115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 115 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 2:24 AM GMT+14 (12:24 UTC), 297 km (184 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 51 km SW 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
- 2017-01-15 12:24:09 UTC
- Depth
- 296.9 km (184.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.749° S, 174.849° 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 16.3 km horizontally, 16.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 26
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
- 4.252 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3529 days ago · 157 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4152 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3519 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.951 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3516 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7188 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3508 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007wfw. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC.