Tonga earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 139 km SE of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 139 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 9:37 AM GMT+13 (20:37 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-22 20:37:35 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.719° S, 173.431° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
65

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.592 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.3117 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 5.1120 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 523 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 5.479 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.5136 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.4110 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 506 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.6168 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 503 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.481 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 493 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 5.076 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 477 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.9116 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.761 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 533 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.572 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 541 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 5.192 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 547 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.5122 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 547 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.3100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 550 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.990 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 551 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.768 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 551 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.9115 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.9103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.499 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.3122 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 4.7100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 5.263 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.691 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 4.3132 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 4.851 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 5.953 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 5.098 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 6.272 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 553 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000puc7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC.