M4.5 earthquake 127 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 127 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 11:21 AM GMT-12 (23:21 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 138 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-19 23:21:17 UTC
- Depth
- 119.8 km (74.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.588° S, 174.440° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6106 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1311 days ago · 189 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8138 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1308 days ago · 249 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.594 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1298 days ago · 126 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3118 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 1293 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2100 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1273 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jq6p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC.