M4.3 earthquake 94 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 94 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Feb 14, 2017, 3:10 AM GMT-12 (15:10 UTC), 176 km (109 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
- 2017-02-14 15:10:01 UTC
- Depth
- 175.7 km (109.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.587° S, 174.389° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 17
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
- 4.3113 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3519 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.270 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3518 days ago · 139 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.951 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3517 days ago · 92 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 3504 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.749 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3488 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.538 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3485 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.516 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3477 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.4152 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3521 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.252 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3531 days ago · 157 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7136 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3532 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 5.1145 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3544 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7184 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3548 days ago · 229 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008m27. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC.