Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 1:18 PM GMT+14 (23:18 UTC), 231 km (143 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 159 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-11-06 23:18:59 UTC
Depth
230.7 km (143.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.173° S, 174.879° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
62°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5138 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2508 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.881 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2492 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 5.1117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.656 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 6.0159 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  6. 5.0151 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 5.8171 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 4.699 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2485 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.4118 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2479 days ago · 178 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006bip. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.