M4.6 earthquake 208 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 208 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, May 19, 2017, 5:38 AM GMT-12 (17:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2017-05-19 17:38:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.283° S, 175.613° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 169°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2216 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 3422 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6209 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna · 3415 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2166 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 3372 days ago · 317 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6109 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 3366 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008vc0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.