M5.0 earthquake 68 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 68 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, May 23, 2021, 12:34 PM GMT+13 (23:34 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-22 23:34:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.189° S, 173.839° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 102
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Tonga · 1958 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9131 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 5.0111 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 1961 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9140 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 1974 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5136 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.1127 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.3134 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.5117 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1977 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.669 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1982 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.0103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e5e0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC.