M4.6 earthquake 241 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 241 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, Feb 19, 2017, 11:18 AM GMT+13 (22:18 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
- 2017-02-18 22:18:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.501° S, 175.249° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Tonga region · 3491 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4181 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5212 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3471 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3203 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 3456 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100085qm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.