M4.5 earthquake 126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 5:57 PM GMT+14 (03:57 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 146 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa. 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
- 2017-12-26 03:57:37 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.057° S, 173.065° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.541 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3183 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.1146 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 3179 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3179 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8100 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3178 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4115 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3177 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4Samoa Islands region · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.1103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3156 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.974 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3149 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 5.5113 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3204 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3208 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.9110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3212 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6111 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3216 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.9112 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3216 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.997 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.382 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3220 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 4.294 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.560 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 3222 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 3228 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ci6l. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.