M4.3 earthquake 149 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 149 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Mar 26, 2017, 4:19 AM GMT-12 (16:19 UTC), 219 km (136 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 77 km WNW of Neiafu, 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
- 2017-03-26 16:19:02 UTC
- Depth
- 219.4 km (136.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.537° S, 174.789° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 65
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4151 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3456 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4150 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 3451 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4157 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3441 days ago · 157 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4145 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3441 days ago · 244 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.577 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3431 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3111 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 148 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4108 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3422 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4133 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3422 days ago · 222 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008dkl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.