M4.3 earthquake 245 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 245 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 4:18 AM GMT+13 (15:18 UTC), 164 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-25 15:18:33 UTC
- Depth
- 163.7 km (101.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.657° S, 176.961° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2263 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2561 days ago · 226 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5267 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2542 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2530 days ago · 153 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.4183 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2523 days ago · 152 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8214 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005ryr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.