M4.7 earthquake 131 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 131 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 2:17 AM GMT+14 (12:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-19 12:17:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.164° S, 172.882° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7140 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2751 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.682 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2749 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7142 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2747 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.2139 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2733 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.2103 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2729 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.295 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2729 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 6.0121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2726 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 10
- 4.594 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2718 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.7124 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.198 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2128 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.3119 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.059 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2802 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.934 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2804 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.9117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000j8up. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC.