M4.5 earthquake 137 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 137 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 12:37 AM GMT+13 (11:37 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-23 11:37:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.735° S, 173.560° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3134 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2648 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.551 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2640 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.9102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2636 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 4.664 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2633 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2619 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.746 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2606 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.571 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2666 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2670 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2670 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7100 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2671 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2674 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4104 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2679 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600044uf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC.