M5.3 earthquake 120 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 120 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 7:19 PM GMT+13 (06:19 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 189 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
- 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-05 06:19:36 UTC
- Depth
- 22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.260° S, 175.560° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.086 · 13 stations |
| 5.4 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 168°, dip 24°, rake -127°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 28°, dip 71°, rake -75°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.3 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 130
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.883 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2287 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5139 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2286 days ago · 147 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6128 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2284 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4171 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2281 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2137 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2264 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.6189 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2254 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3103 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2253 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6100 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2253 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.558 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2313 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4178 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2320 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8208 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2323 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3178 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2326 days ago · 353 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4201 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2335 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.478 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a6cs (also filed as iscgem618452911). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC.