M6.2 earthquake 100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Apr 1, 1980, 2:04 AM GMT+13 (13:04 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (ms), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-03-31 13:04:31 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.561° S, 173.803° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 118
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.2 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16982 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.7119 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 16982 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 6.1125 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16982 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.231 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 16982 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.087 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16981 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.070 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 16977 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.1129 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16961 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.550 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16954 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.292 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 16924 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00016cf (also filed as gcmtb033180c, gcmt19800331130431, iscgem650534). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC.