M4.9 earthquake 116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 7:19 AM GMT+14 (17:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-16 17:19:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.203° S, 173.037° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.679 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.575 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2472 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.797 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.481 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.6108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2486 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4138 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2488 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.292 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2503 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4135 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2506 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.593 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2509 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006s86. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC.