M5.0 earthquake 116 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 116 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 10:18 PM GMT+13 (09:18 UTC), 114 km (71 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
- 2022-10-21 09:18:37 UTC
- Depth
- 114.1 km (70.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.891° S, 175.464° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 134
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5166 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1438 days ago · 212 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5162 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1428 days ago · 215 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.354 km N of Kolonga, Tonga · 1426 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.292 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1421 days ago · 143 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4148 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 1417 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9Tonga · 1392 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7Tonga · 1386 days ago · 207 km deep · 5 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ivgm. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC.