M4.3 earthquake 261 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 261 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 2:22 AM GMT-12 (14:22 UTC), 371 km (231 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. 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
- 2021-11-17 14:22:06 UTC
- Depth
- 371.1 km (230.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.101° S, 176.235° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3256 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1768 days ago · 362 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5180 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1747 days ago · 299 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5232 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 1737 days ago · 358 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 1732 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fuuf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.