M4.1 earthquake 257 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 257 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Mar 14, 2017, 7:26 AM GMT-12 (19:26 UTC), 273 km (170 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-14 19:26:21 UTC
- Depth
- 272.9 km (169.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.869° S, 176.011° 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 30.6 km horizontally, 32.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008trg. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.