M4.6 earthquake 89 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 89 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 1:07 PM GMT+14 (23:07 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 27 km NNE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-07 23:07:23 UTC
- Depth
- 36.1 km (22.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.192° S, 172.997° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.487 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3518 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.088 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3515 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.745 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3509 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3490 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.827 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.516 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3475 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.693 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3464 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008kjh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.