M4.1 earthquake 169 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 169 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Jun 18, 2019, 9:54 PM GMT-12 (09:54 UTC), 247 km (153 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 135 km N 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-19 09:54:32 UTC
- Depth
- 247.0 km (153.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.485° S, 175.026° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6135 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2631 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5103 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2618 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4176 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2618 days ago · 288 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4158 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2615 days ago · 183 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2613 days ago · 232 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4177 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2610 days ago · 227 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000460p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC.