M4.3 earthquake 269 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 269 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:51 AM GMT-12 (17:51 UTC), 367 km (228 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 241 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2018-01-19 17:51:31 UTC
- Depth
- 367.1 km (228.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.148° S, 176.311° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2186 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3174 days ago · 305 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2254 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3147 days ago · 346 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1242 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3144 days ago · 305 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7231 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 3143 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0251 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3142 days ago · 357 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8241 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3135 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8234 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 3122 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000cdm6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.