M5.2 earthquake 152 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 152 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 4:42 AM GMT+13 (15:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 226 km S of ‘Ohonua, 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
- 2021-11-18 15:42:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.640° S, 174.476° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5226 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6229 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.167 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1747 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0150 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1724 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9101 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.2148 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1787 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8Tonga region · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7148 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7246 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5137 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1795 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5201 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1796 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.0169 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1798 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5139 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1801 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fwhm. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.