Tonga earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 164 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 164 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 6:35 AM GMT+13 (17:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-30 17:35:49 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.702° S, 175.924° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
26°
Stations used
156

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8169 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.8161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.6165 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.5186 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.4184 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.8165 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 5.5163 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.6106 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 911 days ago · 239 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 911 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.8136 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 908 days ago · 199 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 5.4172 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 894 days ago · 232 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.391 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 891 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 4.9161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 891 days ago · 227 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 4.5172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 5.7172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 4.5104 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 880 days ago · 205 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.9200 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 877 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 261 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 282 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 5.3171 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.8155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 919 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.5146 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 919 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.2162 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 929 days ago · 216 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.3137 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 930 days ago · 157 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.4181 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 947 days ago · 207 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m8z0. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC.