M4.9 earthquake 135 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 135 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 4:46 AM GMT+13 (15:46 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
- 2019-02-18 15:46:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.133° S, 172.803° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9127 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.648 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6161 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2766 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5134 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8168 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2728 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jjjx. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.