M4.5 earthquake 236 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 236 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Wed, May 13, 2020, 4:42 AM GMT+13 (15:42 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-12 15:42:06 UTC
- Depth
- 41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.202° S, 176.052° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3178 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2326 days ago · 353 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8208 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2323 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.8south of the Fiji Islands · 2316 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4171 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2281 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009kv5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC.