M4.5 earthquake 18 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 18 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 4:48 AM GMT+13 (15:48 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 50 km NW 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
- 2019-06-18 15:48:07 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.507° S, 174.080° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.121 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2642 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 4.464 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2639 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5103 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2616 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.750 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2613 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.288 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2612 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.662 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2612 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.735 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2612 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700048ei. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC.