Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 87 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 87 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Jul 24, 2017, 4:12 PM GMT+13 (03:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 111 km E of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-24 03:12:02 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.099° S, 173.576° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.787 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3359 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.5116 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3351 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 5.4111 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3348 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  4. 5.0121 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3343 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.4125 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.9Tonga · 3338 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.6137 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3328 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.7151 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3328 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.6135 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3317 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.334 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3310 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.8112 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3309 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.5119 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.447 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3302 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.493 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3362 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 5.7119 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3366 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 5.6112 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3367 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.6108 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3369 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.9111 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3375 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.4132 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.279 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.6112 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a0bg. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC.