M4.8 earthquake 105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 7:05 AM GMT+13 (18:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 113 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-04 18:05:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.089° S, 173.391° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8118 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2549 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.0113 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.7160 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2531 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.5114 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2559 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4121 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2563 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2569 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5134 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 2577 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1117 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2579 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005tgz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC.