M4.6 earthquake 65 km S of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 65 km S of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 11:35 PM GMT+13 (10:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 63 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-30 10:35:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.241° S, 174.067° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.463 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 4239 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.656 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4222 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.652 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4222 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4101 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4219 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.441 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4217 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.471 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4217 days ago · 243 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.7107 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4213 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tmh5. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.