M5.0 earthquake 142 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 142 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 12:37 PM GMT-12 (00:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 152 km NW 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), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-30 00:37:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.531° S, 174.643° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 135
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.296 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2131 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6125 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2129 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.9152 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2120 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7204 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2120 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3135 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2115 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 2108 days ago · 549 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6120 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2088 days ago · 148 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8143 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2074 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 5.6136 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2131 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4119 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2131 days ago · 252 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9133 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2150 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6125 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2150 days ago · 261 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6124 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cl0u (also filed as iscgem619561736). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.