Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 262 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 262 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga on Tue, May 21, 2019, 8:55 AM GMT+13 (19:55 UTC), 536 km (333 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-20 19:55:45 UTC
Depth
536.5 km (333.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.778° S, 177.268° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 13.7 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
67

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2692 days ago · 518 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 2687 days ago · 566 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2686 days ago · 504 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.6250 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2678 days ago · 460 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2675 days ago · 491 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 2669 days ago · 549 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.5288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2663 days ago · 554 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2662 days ago · 571 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.1264 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2659 days ago · 527 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.3252 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2655 days ago · 493 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2642 days ago · 617 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2641 days ago · 480 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2634 days ago · 568 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.7290 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2693 days ago · 384 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2694 days ago · 516 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2694 days ago · 584 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2698 days ago · 556 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2699 days ago · 500 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 2704 days ago · 567 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2706 days ago · 551 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.2299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2711 days ago · 565 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2712 days ago · 517 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2713 days ago · 534 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 2715 days ago · 588 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2716 days ago · 595 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.4240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2717 days ago · 415 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2721 days ago · 548 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2722 days ago · 361 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003np2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.