M4.6 earthquake 108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 108 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 4:52 AM GMT+14 (14:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 116 km NE 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-10 14:52:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.092° S, 173.324° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.699 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2484 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9116 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2480 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.679 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 125 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.575 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2472 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.797 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 4.4138 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2488 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.881 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2491 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.292 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2503 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4135 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 2506 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.593 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2509 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.693 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006rab. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.