M4.5 earthquake 151 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 151 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Fri, May 24, 2019, 6:28 PM GMT+13 (05:28 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 132 km WSW of Haveluloto, 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
- 2019-05-24 05:28:22 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.108° S, 176.265° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 29
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
- 6.0132 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2681 days ago · 178 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 4.684 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2652 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7161 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2639 days ago · 85 km deep · 21 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003trd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.