M5.2 earthquake 92 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 92 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 7:59 AM GMT+14 (17:59 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
- 5.2 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-23 17:59:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.220° S, 173.379° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 97
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.881 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4138 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2488 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2486 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.699 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2484 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2480 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.679 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.575 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2472 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.728 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2459 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.797 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 4.4135 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2506 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.593 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2509 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.693 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.560 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2517 days ago · 110 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.280 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2518 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.8103 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2518 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 11
- 4.586 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2527 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006c8q (also filed as iscgem616918580). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.