M4.7 earthquake 250 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 250 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jun 5, 2019, 9:04 PM GMT-11 (08:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 227 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-06 08:04:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.685° S, 171.840° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8227 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2670 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6252 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2669 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5200 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2633 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003w87. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:38 AM UTC.