M4.6 earthquake 76 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 76 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 2:02 PM GMT+13 (01:02 UTC), 164 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 58 km SW 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
- 2019-02-09 01:02:37 UTC
- Depth
- 163.9 km (101.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.510° S, 175.014° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jnfv. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.