M4.7 earthquake 90 km E of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 90 km E of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, May 13, 2020, 9:01 PM GMT+13 (08:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 126 km ESE of Neiafu, 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
- 2020-05-13 08:01:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.666° S, 173.504° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9126 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2327 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7137 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2299 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7166 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2296 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.877 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2275 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 4.6136 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2333 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 2347 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7156 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2348 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0120 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2353 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.9145 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2360 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009ll6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.