M5.2 earthquake 132 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 132 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga on Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 1:19 PM GMT+13 (00:19 UTC), 192 km (120 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-19 00:19:06 UTC
- Depth
- 192.4 km (119.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.064° S, 175.748° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 20°
- Stations used
- 287
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fciw (also filed as iscgem621083003). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC.