M5.1 earthquake 14 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga on Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 11:28 PM GMT+13 (10:28 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 81 km WNW 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
- 2024-12-06 10:28:40 UTC
- Depth
- 62.3 km (38.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.665° S, 174.424° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 11.0 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.566 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 645 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.381 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 632 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.638 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 626 days ago · 105 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.679 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 623 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.170 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 608 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nwid. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.