M4.5 earthquake 36 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 36 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 7:48 PM GMT+14 (05:48 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 61 km SSW of Hihifo, 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
- 2020-01-19 05:48:51 UTC
- Depth
- 108.4 km (67.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.850° S, 174.122° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4101 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2442 days ago · 166 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4125 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2440 days ago · 296 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.678 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 129 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.657 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2425 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.481 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.683 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.589 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3110 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2401 days ago · 269 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.58 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2400 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.461 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.861 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2387 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.1115 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2451 days ago · 295 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.728 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2459 days ago · 116 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2Tonga · 2460 days ago · 260 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.575 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2472 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.679 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 2474 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007ai0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC.