M5.3 earthquake 79 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 79 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 3:11 PM GMT+14 (01:11 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-02 01:11:39 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.641° S, 173.571° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 32°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.699 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2790 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5120 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2786 days ago · 185 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.664 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2771 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2760 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.0123 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jc92 (also filed as pt19033050, iscgem615225039). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.