M5.3 earthquake 81 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 81 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 2:34 PM GMT+13 (01:34 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-10 01:34:40 UTC
- Depth
- 11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.616° S, 175.100° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 90
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.638 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 626 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.679 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 623 days ago · 69 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 620 days ago · 250 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.170 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 608 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5132 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 589 days ago · 196 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4135 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 587 days ago · 268 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.797 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 572 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pj2q. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC.