M5.0 earthquake 69 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 69 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, May 6, 2025, 10:43 PM GMT+13 (09:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 79 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 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-06 09:43:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.101° S, 174.339° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 73
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.479 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 512 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5136 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 512 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4110 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 507 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.620 km NNE of Kolonga, Tonga · 473 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.698 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 468 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5135 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 467 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.366 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 465 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pxgl. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.