M4.9 earthquake 126 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 126 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, May 19, 2020, 4:56 AM GMT+13 (15:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-18 15:56:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.098° S, 172.880° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8178 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2323 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7166 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8170 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2287 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8172 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.790 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2333 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6136 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2334 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 2348 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7156 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2349 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0120 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2353 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.7198 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2357 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009nic. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC.