Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 121 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 121 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Mar 6, 2016, 6:28 AM GMT+13 (17:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-05 17:28:49 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.310° S, 173.318° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
117

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.698 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3848 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.4122 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3830 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.488 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 3813 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.5141 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3869 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 5.0152 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3890 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.8130 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3892 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004uxd. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.