M4.5 earthquake 181 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 181 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Oct 19, 2017, 2:58 PM GMT+13 (01:58 UTC), 208 km (129 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 146 km NNW 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
- 2017-10-19 01:58:55 UTC
- Depth
- 208.0 km (129.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.749° S, 175.418° 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 17.0 km horizontally, 14.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3132 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3267 days ago · 207 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7123 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3247 days ago · 199 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7140 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3243 days ago · 242 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.3146 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3243 days ago · 156 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1122 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3242 days ago · 212 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1146 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 216 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1243 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3215 days ago · 362 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000axi3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.