M4.5 earthquake 110 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 110 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Apr 29, 2017, 9:01 PM GMT+13 (08:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 132 km SSE 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
- 2017-04-29 08:01:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.631° S, 173.030° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7175 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3433 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.993 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.3132 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3420 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.567 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3420 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5177 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3414 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5114 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3402 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 138 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 5.565 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3445 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 4.425 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3446 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.925 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3448 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.536 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3454 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.693 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3464 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008pmz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.