M4.5 earthquake 134 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 134 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 5:02 AM GMT+13 (16:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Tonga region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-15 16:02:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.564° S, 173.101° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4121 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2561 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5114 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2557 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2555 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8118 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.0113 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2544 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1Tonga region · 2542 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7133 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2539 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7160 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2528 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60005m9a. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.