M5.0 earthquake 113 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 113 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 6:36 AM GMT+13 (17:36 UTC), 10 km (6 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, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-15 17:36:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.175° S, 173.335° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 119
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7160 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2528 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6127 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2489 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.8118 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.8105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2555 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5114 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2556 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4121 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2561 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2567 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005uev. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.