M4.9 earthquake 126 km E of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 126 km E of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 12:20 PM GMT+13 (23:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-04 23:20:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.017° S, 173.169° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 196
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.673 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2185 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3183 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c5k6 (also filed as iscgem619455089). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.