M4.5 earthquake 134 km E of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 134 km E of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 12:37 PM GMT+13 (23:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 215 km ENE of Neiafu, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-09 23:37:19 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.694° S, 172.709° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6205 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2761 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4112 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8168 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2732 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9215 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2708 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.6161 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2770 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6142 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2770 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.648 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.9127 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.9135 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2783 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jif8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.