Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 16 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Mar 29, 2017, 9:20 PM GMT+14 (07:20 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 65 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-03-29 07:20:08 UTC
Depth
110.1 km (68.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.098° S, 173.746° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.064 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3473 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.693 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 3465 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 5.119 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3456 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.536 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 129 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.925 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3449 days ago · 66 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.425 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3447 days ago · 86 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 5.565 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3446 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.5110 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.591 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3432 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.993 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3429 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 4.786 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3424 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 4.4108 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.639 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3422 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.567 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 3420 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.827 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3477 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.626 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3477 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.538 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3484 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.749 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3487 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.783 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3491 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.460 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3498 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.2Tonga · 3502 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008vju. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.