M5.0 earthquake 161 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 161 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sat, Feb 1, 2020, 12:08 AM GMT+13 (11:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 131 km S of ‘Ohonua, 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
- 2020-01-31 11:08:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.733° S, 174.527° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2131 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2427 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6239 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2426 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4173 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.9134 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.583 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2415 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.7107 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2413 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6210 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2404 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5139 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.0246 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2385 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007l8f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC.