Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 159 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 159 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 8:59 AM GMT+13 (19:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 120 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-04-11 19:59:32 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.523° S, 172.782° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
85

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2160 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.6148 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.5148 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.5172 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.7154 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.4146 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.9145 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.7171 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2357 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.3166 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2357 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.6185 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2357 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.5198 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2357 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.7198 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2356 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 5.0120 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2352 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.7156 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2348 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 4.7Tonga · 2346 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 4.6136 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2333 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 4.790 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2332 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 4.9126 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2326 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.8178 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2322 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 5.2129 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 5.1113 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2371 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.6151 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2372 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.4147 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2382 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.7131 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2385 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.7104 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2393 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008u7x. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.