M4.4 earthquake 90 km E of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 90 km E of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, May 20, 2019, 3:17 AM GMT+13 (14:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 95 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-19 14:17:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.776° S, 173.488° 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 16.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7155 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2686 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7125 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2685 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8112 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9126 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2650 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.195 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2647 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.987 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2635 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60003t48. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC.