M5.0 earthquake 273 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 273 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga on Sat, Jun 24, 2017, 10:33 AM GMT+13 (21:33 UTC), 61 km (38 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
- 2017-06-23 21:33:26 UTC
- Depth
- 60.5 km (37.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.307° S, 176.555° 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 · ±0.03 · 353 stations |
| 5.21 | 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 7.7 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 398
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3390 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5299 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 3378 days ago · 150 km deep · 44 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009pe4 (also filed as iscgem610694333). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC.