M5.2 Shallow Earthquake Recorded Near Tonga Islands Region
GEOFON GFZ reports M5.2 near Tonga Islands Region, with a 10.0 km catalog depth.
The event began at Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:45:48 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.2, 10.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -19.587, -172.957.
The catalog location label is Tonga Islands Region; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a shallow event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 3.47e+12 joules, or about 829 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.
The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.
GEOFON GFZ has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.
The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.
At a glance
- Magnitude 5.2
- 10.0 km catalog depth
- 3.47e+12 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:45:48 GMT
- No felt-report count supplied
- GEOFON GFZ monitoring record