M4.7 earthquake 94 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 94 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Jan 18, 2020, 9:19 AM GMT+13 (20:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 109 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-17 20:19:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.987° S, 174.542° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7134 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.8155 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.9109 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2431 days ago · 92 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.790 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2427 days ago · 77 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.693 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 81 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.7136 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2419 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.286 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5134 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.334 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2401 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3150 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.5175 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2449 days ago · 248 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8154 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2473 days ago · 144 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4133 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2475 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9128 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2477 days ago · 155 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6120 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2478 days ago · 139 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007j90. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.