M4.6 earthquake 62 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 62 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 11:56 PM GMT+13 (10:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 104 km WNW 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-06 10:56:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.108° S, 174.165° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.735 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2613 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2125 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2600 days ago · 239 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.294 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2600 days ago · 151 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2599 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6107 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2584 days ago · 246 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8104 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2570 days ago · 175 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.288 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2614 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.750 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2615 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5103 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2618 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6135 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2632 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.464 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2641 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600054z9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC.