M5.0 earthquake 132 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 132 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Dec 1, 2017, 6:57 AM GMT+13 (17:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 130 km SSE 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-30 17:57:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.860° S, 173.738° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7130 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7117 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3219 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9137 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.9111 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3216 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 5.0111 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6100 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7102 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3236 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6137 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.682 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 3244 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9137 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3251 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bjg3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC.