M4.0 earthquake 88 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 88 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 2:55 PM GMT+14 (00:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 19 km SSW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-17 00:55:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.160° S, 172.994° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.745 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3509 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3490 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.827 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 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 · 23 km away
- 5.119 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.487 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3518 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.689 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3524 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.1118 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3534 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.096 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3541 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.828 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3545 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008mr2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC.