M4.6 earthquake 64 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 64 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 3:49 PM GMT+14 (01:49 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 63 km NNW 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-26 01:49:18 UTC
- Depth
- 99.5 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.167° S, 174.361° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 28
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.557 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2760 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.963 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.535 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.421 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2726 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 5.3113 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2782 days ago · 296 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5120 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2787 days ago · 185 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4104 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2792 days ago · 206 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.4125 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2795 days ago · 273 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.379 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2795 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jca2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC.