M4.8 earthquake 130 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 130 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 12:23 PM GMT-12 (00:23 UTC), 314 km (195 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 77 km SW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-27 00:23:14 UTC
- Depth
- 313.9 km (195.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.043° S, 175.009° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 343
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3215 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2584 days ago · 320 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7135 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2584 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5130 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2579 days ago · 286 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.977 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2574 days ago · 193 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2128 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 298 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004wa2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC.