M4.6 earthquake 148 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 148 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 2:14 AM GMT-12 (14:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 113 km NNW 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-08 14:14:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.541° S, 174.766° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2113 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2819 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.990 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2819 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6129 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2818 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3125 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2804 days ago · 183 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5120 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2786 days ago · 185 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 5.0161 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2827 days ago · 219 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2830 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3143 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2832 days ago · 221 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.7148 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2832 days ago · 120 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7137 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2834 days ago · 140 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8cc. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC.