Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 98 km SE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 98 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:26 AM GMT+13 (15:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 53 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-30 15:26:13 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.508° S, 173.770° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
166°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.953 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.427 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.851 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.3132 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.691 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 5.263 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.7100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.3122 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.499 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.9103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.9115 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.768 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 551 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.990 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 551 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 4.3100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 550 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 4.5122 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 548 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 5.192 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 547 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 4.572 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 541 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 4.374 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 539 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.761 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 534 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 4.9116 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 5.0139 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 4.592 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 4.3117 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 5.1120 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 5.069 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 5.479 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 4.5136 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 4.4110 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 506 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 4.6168 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 503 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 6.272 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.756 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.968 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.375 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.590 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 7.061 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 27 · tsunami flag
  7. 4.583 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 555 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.3132 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 562 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.8114 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 567 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.4123 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 568 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.971 km NE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 574 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pnvu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC.