M4.3 earthquake 111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, May 13, 2017, 8:56 PM GMT-12 (08:56 UTC), 148 km (92 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-14 08:56:51 UTC
- Depth
- 147.6 km (91.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.852° S, 174.273° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 14.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.993 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4108 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 95 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.3132 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3420 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.567 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3420 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2156 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3393 days ago · 240 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3389 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7131 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3370 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.6137 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3441 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4157 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3442 days ago · 157 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.565 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3445 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4150 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3452 days ago · 126 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.119 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3456 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3457 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008wgq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:54 AM UTC.