M5.0 earthquake 219 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 219 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Sep 2, 2019, 5:10 AM GMT+13 (16:10 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 227 km WNW 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-01 16:10:38 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.183° S, 176.332° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0183 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2587 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.7227 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2584 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4170 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 2571 days ago · 175 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4258 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2560 days ago · 326 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005ctn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC.