M4.4 earthquake 221 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 221 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Fri, May 24, 2019, 1:50 PM GMT+13 (00:50 UTC), 167 km (103 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 161 km SW of Vaini, 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
- 2019-05-24 00:50:01 UTC
- Depth
- 166.6 km (103.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.718° S, 176.557° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 30
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003tr9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.