M5.1 earthquake 256 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 256 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 11:09 AM GMT+13 (22:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-09 22:09:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.629° S, 175.266° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6260 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1742 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4264 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1741 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.9211 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5south of Tonga · 1717 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9208 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5south of Tonga · 1699 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.6282 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1758 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7274 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1761 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4274 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1761 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.9220 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6229 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.5226 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.9229 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1768 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.8246 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1773 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.9south of Tonga · 1782 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gc8c. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC.