M4.7 earthquake 124 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 124 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 2:05 AM GMT+14 (12:05 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-17 12:05:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.901° S, 172.634° 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
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7131 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7140 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2765 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.682 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2749 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7142 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2747 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.2103 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.295 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2729 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 6.0121 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2726 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jpn7. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC.