M5.0 earthquake 174 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 174 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 1:27 PM GMT+14 (23:27 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-11 23:27:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.760° S, 172.177° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7124 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7142 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2747 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.2103 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.295 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 6.0121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2726 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jggm (also filed as iscgem614626800). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC.