M4.7 earthquake 66 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 66 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 3:29 PM GMT+13 (02:29 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 101 km E of ‘Ohonua, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-11 02:29:01 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.810° S, 174.556° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3101 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.1161 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.2147 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.290 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2781 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2126 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8vn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC.