M4.7 earthquake 88 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 88 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 10:23 AM GMT+13 (21:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 124 km NW 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
- 2019-06-12 21:23:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.349° S, 174.328° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7100 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2666 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.9124 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2663 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.571 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2662 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6115 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2659 days ago · 259 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.955 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2637 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.551 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2635 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.664 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2629 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.830 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2626 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.819 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2618 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000407j (also filed as iscgem615953769). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.