M4.5 earthquake 126 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 126 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 3:13 PM GMT+14 (01:13 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-19 01:13:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.815° S, 173.869° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 28
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
- 4.7114 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3482 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.064 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3472 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.485 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3467 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.492 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3458 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3440 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.499 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3425 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.3108 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3497 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.460 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3497 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.398 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3502 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.656 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3510 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3512 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ud5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.