M4.8 earthquake 206 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 206 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Sun, Mar 8, 2020, 10:46 PM GMT+13 (09:46 UTC), 121 km (75 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-08 09:46:03 UTC
- Depth
- 121.5 km (75.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.748° S, 176.288° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6150 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 153 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4154 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2376 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.7225 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 2373 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6142 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2355 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6284 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2346 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6172 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 2341 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008c0b. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.