M4.9 earthquake 73 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 73 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 6:07 AM GMT+13 (17:07 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-22 17:07:33 UTC
- Depth
- 147.7 km (91.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.001° S, 174.146° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3108 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2743 days ago · 239 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1162 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2743 days ago · 263 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6103 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2721 days ago · 200 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Tonga · 2714 days ago · 183 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4150 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2714 days ago · 230 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6128 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2712 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6119 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2704 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3122 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2701 days ago · 191 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jkdu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.