M4.8 earthquake 208 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 208 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Mon, May 25, 2020, 4:53 AM GMT+13 (15:53 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 120 km SSW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-24 15:53:54 UTC
- Depth
- 70.2 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.873° S, 176.111° 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 24.6 km horizontally, 22.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3120 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2312 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4171 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2282 days ago · 112 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4224 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2266 days ago · 167 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2137 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2265 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.3178 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2327 days ago · 353 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5236 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2336 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4201 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2336 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7264 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2336 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6172 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 2343 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6284 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2347 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a3lc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.