M4.8 earthquake 84 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 84 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 8:26 PM GMT+14 (06:26 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-06 06:26:26 UTC
- Depth
- 87.3 km (54.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.697° S, 173.972° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.288 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2521 days ago · 106 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.3136 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2519 days ago · 255 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.668 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2493 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 4.573 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2561 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.460 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2561 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7147 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2565 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.662 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2570 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.977 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2571 days ago · 193 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.549 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2571 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005ude. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC.