M4.8 earthquake 130 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 130 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 11:53 AM GMT+13 (22:53 UTC), 207 km (128 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-04 22:53:01 UTC
- Depth
- 206.6 km (128.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.517° S, 175.560° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3142 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 2205 days ago · 172 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1138 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2198 days ago · 494 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1157 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 2184 days ago · 204 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bi7a. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC.