M5.2 earthquake 100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Apr 1, 1980, 2:26 AM GMT+13 (13:26 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 125 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-03-31 13:26:02 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.548° S, 173.790° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7119 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 16985 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
- 6.1125 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16984 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.231 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 16984 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.087 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16984 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.070 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 16979 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.1129 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16963 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.550 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 16957 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.292 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 16926 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00016ch. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.