M4.5 earthquake 81 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 81 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 1:53 AM GMT+13 (12:53 UTC), 186 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 114 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-11 12:53:56 UTC
- Depth
- 186.0 km (115.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.961° S, 175.117° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 16.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3121 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2603 days ago · 231 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3157 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2600 days ago · 180 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.5114 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2597 days ago · 215 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004p3g. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.