M4.4 earthquake 112 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 112 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 5:17 AM GMT-12 (17:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 168 km E 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-27 17:17:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.994° S, 173.177° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8168 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2728 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6128 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2707 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5173 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2702 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7134 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2700 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6119 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2700 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ka5l. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC.