M4.4 earthquake 51 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 51 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 2:52 PM GMT+13 (01:52 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 54 km W 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-16 01:52:58 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.872° S, 174.846° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3118 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 2496 days ago · 238 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.498 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2496 days ago · 196 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.654 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2495 days ago · 142 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.4133 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2478 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006bpx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC.