M5.1 earthquake 50 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 50 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, May 2, 2022, 9:10 AM GMT+13 (20:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 129 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-01 20:10:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.032° S, 173.931° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9107 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 1591 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3101 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 1589 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.6129 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 1587 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 4.943 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 1565 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h68v. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.