M5.1 earthquake 91 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 91 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 8:10 PM GMT+14 (06:10 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-27 06:10:58 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.628° S, 175.201° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.043 · 173 stations |
| 5.12 | 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 8.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- Stations used
- 119
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.176 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3596 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.875 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3588 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7148 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3562 days ago · 256 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6151 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3559 days ago · 184 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007cnw (also filed as iscgem615078796). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:39 AM UTC.