M5.0 earthquake 96 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 96 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 2:00 PM GMT+13 (01:00 UTC), 78 km (49 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), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-24 01:00:52 UTC
- Depth
- 78.3 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.117° S, 175.219° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 74
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.675 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2834 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0Tonga · 2812 days ago · 165 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.868 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga · 2807 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.9113 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2805 days ago · 202 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.676 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2788 days ago · 164 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000iwxs. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.