M5.0 earthquake 104 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 104 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 10:57 AM GMT+13 (21:57 UTC), 131 km (81 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
- 2025-04-23 21:57:49 UTC
- Depth
- 130.7 km (81.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.661° S, 175.334° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.051 · 125 stations |
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Preliminary |
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 11.0 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 146
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1137 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 518 days ago · 247 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4121 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 516 days ago · 235 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2160 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 489 days ago · 269 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 488 days ago · 249 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6162 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 486 days ago · 198 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4157 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 478 days ago · 260 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.655 km NNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 473 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pulm (also filed as usauto7000pulm). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.