M4.9 earthquake 148 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 148 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, May 5, 2020, 9:04 PM GMT+13 (08:04 UTC), 232 km (144 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 123 km N 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-05 08:04:41 UTC
- Depth
- 231.7 km (144.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.778° S, 175.050° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 132
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3123 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 4.991 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2328 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4139 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2318 days ago · 230 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3129 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2310 days ago · 208 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5112 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2309 days ago · 149 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2166 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2302 days ago · 231 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.9150 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2281 days ago · 193 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009aau (also filed as iscgem618223236). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC.