M4.7 earthquake 137 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 137 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 2:29 PM GMT+13 (01:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 134 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-15 01:29:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.505° S, 173.260° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1134 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2296 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7166 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2296 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.877 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000aby0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.