M4.6 earthquake 56 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 12:27 AM GMT+14 (10:27 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 151 km WNW 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-06 10:27:55 UTC
- Depth
- 130.3 km (80.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.683° S, 174.243° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0151 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.699 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2484 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4118 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2478 days ago · 178 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.679 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.575 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2472 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.728 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2459 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1115 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2451 days ago · 295 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.536 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2446 days ago · 108 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4101 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2442 days ago · 166 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4125 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2440 days ago · 296 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.678 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 129 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 2436 days ago · 262 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 5.1117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.881 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5138 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2507 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.593 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2509 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.560 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2518 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2520 days ago · 231 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006n0x. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.