Tonga earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 98 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 98 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 3:27 AM GMT+14 (13:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 139 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2019-02-10 13:27:09 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
15.111° S, 173.493° W
Region
Tonga
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
62°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7131 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.7102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.7140 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2765 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.963 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.3100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2752 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.682 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2750 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.7142 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2748 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 5.2139 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2733 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.535 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 5.2103 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 5.295 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.2128 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 5.3119 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2799 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 5.059 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2803 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.934 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2804 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 5.0100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.9117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.625 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2810 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 4.4116 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.5100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2812 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 5.1104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jfy7 (also filed as iscgem616305890). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC.