M5.2 earthquake 43 km N of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 43 km N of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 3:08 PM GMT+13 (02:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 16 km WNW 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
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-14 02:08:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.258° S, 174.034° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 11.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 139
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Tonga · 1903 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5122 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1880 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6Tonga · 1878 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9125 km N of Neiafu, Tonga · 1870 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.416 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 4.633 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga · 1845 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000elrv (also filed as iscgem621112236). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.