M4.3 earthquake 125 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 125 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:04 PM GMT+13 (08:04 UTC), 250 km (156 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 90 km NW 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-14 08:04:56 UTC
- Depth
- 250.3 km (155.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.761° S, 175.167° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 19
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3143 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2830 days ago · 221 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.990 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.666 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2805 days ago · 127 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6160 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2796 days ago · 251 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.676 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2786 days ago · 164 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ivbv. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.