M4.5 earthquake 91 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 91 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, May 2, 2015, 7:53 PM GMT+13 (06:53 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 174 km ENE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-02 06:53:07 UTC
- Depth
- 130.7 km (81.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.047° S, 173.388° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 16.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7174 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 4172 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3124 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 4151 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7158 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 4140 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0146 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 4132 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6168 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 4116 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002dsu. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.