Tonga earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 169 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 169 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 11:42 PM GMT+13 (10:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 130 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-10-05 10:42:25 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.332° S, 172.545° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.391 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 727 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.1173 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 726 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.799 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 726 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.5147 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 724 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.4151 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 724 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.7136 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.3146 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 714 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.3152 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 710 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 5.7130 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 709 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 5.4133 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 688 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 4.4130 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 681 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.4114 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 675 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.6124 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.7146 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 730 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.7164 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 730 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.7142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 732 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.7141 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 732 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.573 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.3142 km E of Neiafu, Tonga · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 6.6125 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nwpd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:41 AM UTC.