M4.9 earthquake 295 km SW of Vaini, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 295 km SW of Vaini, Tonga on Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 3:54 PM GMT+13 (02:54 UTC), 200 km (124 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-13 02:54:21 UTC
- Depth
- 199.6 km (124.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.085° S, 177.201° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7225 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 2375 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6284 km SW of Vaini, Tonga · 2347 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4274 km SW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2338 days ago · 214 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008et3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC.