M4.5 earthquake 60 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 60 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 2:37 PM GMT+14 (00:37 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 92 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
- 2019-11-09 00:37:11 UTC
- Depth
- 110.3 km (68.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.405° S, 173.782° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.693 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.593 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2509 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.292 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2503 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.881 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.656 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4138 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2488 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2486 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.699 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2484 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2480 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4118 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2478 days ago · 178 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.679 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 125 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.575 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2473 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.728 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2459 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 5.280 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2518 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.586 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2527 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2533 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2536 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.9121 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2536 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 4.8132 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2536 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006c2c. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.