M4.9 earthquake 77 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 77 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 5:58 PM GMT+14 (03:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 119 km NE 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-25 03:58:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.066° S, 173.079° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.934 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.059 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2803 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.3119 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.379 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2795 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.699 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2791 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7124 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2761 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.682 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2749 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.0123 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2747 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8n0. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.