M4.3 earthquake 108 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 108 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Mar 7, 2017, 2:54 PM GMT+14 (00:54 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 64 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-07 00:54:23 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.980° S, 173.671° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 203°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5126 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3485 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.538 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3484 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7114 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3482 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.626 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3477 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.827 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.064 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3473 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.485 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3468 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.492 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3458 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3441 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.293 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3440 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.460 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3498 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.398 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3503 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.745 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3510 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.656 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3510 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3513 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008sa5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.