M4.9 earthquake 90 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 90 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 7:53 AM GMT+13 (18:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-08 18:53:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.087° S, 174.608° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6129 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.666 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2807 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.674 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2777 days ago · 152 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 5.2113 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6148 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0161 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2828 days ago · 219 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6154 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2831 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3143 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2833 days ago · 221 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.766 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2843 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3125 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2846 days ago · 250 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8cj (also filed as iscgem614568738). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC.