M5.0 earthquake 77 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 77 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Fri, Jul 26, 2024, 11:05 PM GMT+13 (10:05 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 73 km SSE 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
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-26 10:05:26 UTC
- Depth
- 20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.959° S, 174.327° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.093 · 11 stations |
| 5.1 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Preliminary |
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 10.3 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 138
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.945 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 798 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 6.073 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 796 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 784 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.684 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 779 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8118 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.8117 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 4.9135 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ng3e (also filed as usauto6000ng3e). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.