M4.6 earthquake 48 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 3:04 PM GMT+13 (02:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 58 km SW 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
- 2019-02-26 02:04:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.846° S, 173.569° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5134 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2759 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.56 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2747 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.158 km SW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2730 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jnpt. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC.