M4.9 earthquake 55 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 55 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 12:35 AM GMT+13 (11:35 UTC), 107 km (66 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
- 2019-07-12 11:35:55 UTC
- Depth
- 107.0 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.540° S, 174.091° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 202
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.551 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2635 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.9102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2632 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 4.664 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2629 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.830 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2626 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.819 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2618 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2614 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.247 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2604 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.746 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2602 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.398 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2593 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7135 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2580 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.632 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2659 days ago · 146 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6115 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2659 days ago · 259 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.571 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2662 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9124 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2663 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7100 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2666 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.788 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2666 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004ix5 (also filed as iscgem616057719). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.