M4.5 earthquake 173 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 173 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga on Mon, May 6, 2019, 1:47 AM GMT-12 (13:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 262 km ENE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-06 13:47:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.715° S, 172.672° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7134 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2703 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3201 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2684 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.8262 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2676 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.7250 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2674 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8227 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2669 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6252 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2669 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4142 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2663 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003lll. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC.