Earthquake details

Tuesday, July 19, 1994 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Tonga on Tuesday, July 19, 1994 at 11:59 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nasinu (Tonga - TO), about 865.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -175.470 and latitude -23.438.

Magnitude	5.6
Alert	Strong
Depth	50.0 km
Coordinates	-23.438, -175.470
UTC time	1994-07-19 11:59:44.540

Location	239 km SSW of ‘Ohonua
Country	Tonga (TO)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1994-07-19

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nasinu	865.4 km
Suva	866.8 km
Nadi	970.6 km
Lautoka	981.8 km
Apia	1138.1 km
Whangarei	1685.5 km
Auckland	1761.8 km
Papatoetoe	1768.9 km
Manukau	1769.1 km
Tauranga	1775.2 km
Gisborne	1803.1 km
Port Vila	1803.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.8

234 km SSW of ‘Ohonua

Tonga · 2026-03-23 04:23 UTC

4.4 km

M 4.9

south of the Fiji Islands

Unknown · 2025-11-02 08:40 UTC

95.3 km

M 5.2

298 km S of ‘Ohonua

Tonga · 2025-10-03 02:43 UTC

69.5 km

M 5.1

206 km S of ‘Ohonua

Tonga · 2025-09-30 17:50 UTC

39.2 km

M 5.0

232 km SSW of ‘Ohonua

Tonga · 2025-09-05 01:27 UTC

5.8 km

M 5.0

239 km SSW of ‘Ohonua

Tonga · 2025-09-03 22:56 UTC

24.8 km

M 4.4

214 km SSW of ‘Ohonua

Tonga · 2025-08-31 00:34 UTC

25.1 km

M 4.6

157 km S of ‘Ohonua

Tonga · 2025-08-24 05:50 UTC

85.1 km

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