Tonga earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 95 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 95 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Sun, Nov 7, 2021, 2:03 AM GMT+13 (13:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 118 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2021-11-06 13:03:05 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.245° S, 174.038° W
Region
Tonga
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
65

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4149 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.981 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1767 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.3114 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 5.3127 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1760 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.4112 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1756 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 5.167 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1748 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.8150 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1747 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 5.5118 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1738 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.9109 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.5100 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1732 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.192 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 4.6154 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000frzy (also filed as iscgem621370940). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.