M5.0 earthquake 134 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 134 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Aug 23, 2016, 10:02 PM GMT+13 (09:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2016-08-23 09:02:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.378° S, 173.214° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.066 · 72 stations |
| 5.11 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
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 7.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 115
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.593 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 3684 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3682 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.0127 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3673 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.882 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3663 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.555 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3661 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8119 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006fya (also filed as iscgem609375678). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC.