M5.0 earthquake 199 km E of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 199 km E of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 12:12 PM GMT-11 (23:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 117 km ESE of Neiafu, 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
- 2020-01-01 23:12:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.819° S, 172.099° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6207 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2464 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8134 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.7117 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2410 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006tcn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.