M5.2 earthquake 131 km SSW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 131 km SSW of Houma, Tonga on Sat, May 31, 2025, 5:45 AM GMT+13 (16:45 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-30 16:45:08 UTC
- Depth
- 78.8 km (49.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.218° S, 175.897° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7107 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 478 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7168 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 474 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8127 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 456 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2151 km WSW of Houma, Tonga · 446 days ago · 199 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qgxv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.