M5.0 earthquake 125 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 125 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 3:13 AM GMT+13 (14:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 121 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, 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
- 2019-07-25 14:13:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.316° S, 173.280° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 43
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
- 5.3121 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2611 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.9130 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2600 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1117 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2576 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5134 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 2574 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2566 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 5.1133 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2631 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8110 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2631 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.987 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2634 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.195 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2646 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9126 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2650 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.2108 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2654 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004vd0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.