M4.3 earthquake 136 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 136 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 6, 2019, 8:45 PM GMT-12 (08:45 UTC), 255 km (159 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 154 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-07 08:45:49 UTC
- Depth
- 255.3 km (158.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.762° S, 174.756° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0187 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2487 days ago · 243 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4133 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8154 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2472 days ago · 144 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 2460 days ago · 260 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006bxd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.