M4.5 earthquake 130 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 130 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 3:38 PM GMT+13 (02:38 UTC), 286 km (178 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 138 km NW 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
- 2019-09-12 02:38:41 UTC
- Depth
- 286.1 km (177.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.443° S, 174.892° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 116
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2128 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2565 days ago · 298 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8138 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2564 days ago · 253 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3144 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2520 days ago · 231 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005f8f. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.