M4.9 earthquake 48 km NE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 48 km NE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 2:10 PM GMT+13 (01:10 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 62 km NE 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-05 01:10:16 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.458° S, 174.087° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 11.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.673 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2184 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.464 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 2183 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.863 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1Tonga · 2172 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.062 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2127 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.945 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.661 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.458 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.463 km SSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.634 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.247 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.747 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.656 km N of Pangai, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.459 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 6.439 km NE of Pangai, Tonga · 2189 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 9 · tsunami flag
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c5kq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.