M5.0 earthquake 226 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 226 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Wed, Jun 10, 2015, 7:09 AM GMT+13 (18:09 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 279 km SW of Vaini, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-09 18:09:54 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.999° S, 176.224° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7270 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4135 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0266 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 4132 days ago · 223 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5269 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4123 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.8279 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 4108 days ago · 170 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2269 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 4085 days ago · 251 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4155 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 4085 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4169 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4083 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002k8z. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC.