M4.5 earthquake 138 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 138 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 7:34 AM GMT+14 (17:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 159 km WNW 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
- 2019-11-19 17:34:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.475° S, 174.994° 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 20.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.881 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.1117 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.656 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 130 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.0159 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 5.0151 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.8171 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2490 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4118 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2478 days ago · 178 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1115 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2451 days ago · 295 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006dnw. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.