Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 206 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 206 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga on Fri, Sep 20, 2019, 1:32 AM GMT-11 (12:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 176 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-09-20 12:32:34 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
18.182° S, 172.090° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
26

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5132 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.7203 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2567 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.6217 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2567 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.3200 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2567 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.6182 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2567 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.4228 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2566 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.6146 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2560 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 5.2143 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2546 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 5.1Tonga region · 2540 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 5.4204 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.6182 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.7219 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 5.3203 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 4.6198 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 4.3200 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 4.5211 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 5.1183 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 4.4200 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 4.3194 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 5.0200 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 5.0191 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 4.5246 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 4.8193 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 5.1200 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2538 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 4.5192 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2536 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 4.5202 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2536 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 5.5176 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2534 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 5.2201 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2526 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 4.6188 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2516 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.2175 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.3233 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.5194 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 5.1165 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 5.4160 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.5273 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 5.0202 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 5.3203 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2568 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 4.6218 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2570 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005mja. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC.