M4.5 earthquake 113 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 113 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 11:56 AM GMT+13 (22:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 147 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-11 22:56:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.540° S, 175.395° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5146 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 6.2147 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 4.451 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2510 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3118 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 2496 days ago · 238 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.498 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2496 days ago · 196 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.654 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2495 days ago · 142 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4133 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2478 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700069yd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.