M4.6 earthquake 107 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 107 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 8:32 AM GMT+13 (19:32 UTC), 246 km (153 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 80 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-04 19:32:22 UTC
- Depth
- 245.8 km (152.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.160° S, 174.858° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4183 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2572 days ago · 270 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8104 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 175 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4148 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2566 days ago · 195 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.480 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2547 days ago · 160 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.180 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.178 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2534 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.742 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.294 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2598 days ago · 151 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2125 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2599 days ago · 239 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4177 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2609 days ago · 227 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.735 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2612 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.662 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2612 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2612 days ago · 232 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.288 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2612 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005eul. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.