M4.5 earthquake 128 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 128 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 3:39 AM GMT+13 (14:39 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 102 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-31 14:39:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.593° S, 172.654° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 74
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2674 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2671 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5117 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2670 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6150 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2668 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.551 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2640 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2636 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 4.896 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2626 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003tpx. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.