M4.7 earthquake 155 km E of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 155 km E of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, May 27, 2019, 11:55 PM GMT+13 (10:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 133 km ESE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-27 10:55:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.620° S, 172.881° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7125 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2686 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.8112 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2665 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.590 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2642 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.987 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2636 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.1133 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2632 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.0125 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2628 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003vac. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.