M5.0 earthquake 54 km NNW of Houma, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 54 km NNW of Houma, Tonga on Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 5:36 AM GMT+13 (16:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-10 16:36:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.715° S, 175.495° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.518 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga · 415 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3113 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 399 days ago · 125 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.651 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 364 days ago · 98 km deep · 33 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qzn9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.