M4.5 earthquake 117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 10:38 AM GMT+13 (21:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 134 km NNE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-13 21:38:19 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.120° S, 173.112° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.571 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2662 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5137 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2657 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.3134 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2645 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.551 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2636 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.9102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2633 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 4.896 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2622 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2615 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.4110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2667 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2670 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2675 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5128 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2679 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2688 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600043ky. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC.