M4.6 earthquake 119 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 119 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, May 8, 2019, 6:44 PM GMT-12 (06:44 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 112 km NNE 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
- 2019-05-09 06:44:21 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.605° S, 173.684° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2121 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2702 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2694 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.490 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2693 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4142 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2664 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.5112 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2660 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5148 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 2655 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.121 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2643 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003mj0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC.