M4.0 earthquake 143 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 143 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Mar 24, 2007, 5:22 PM GMT+13 (04:22 UTC), 300 km (186 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 117 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-03-24 04:22:42 UTC
- Depth
- 300.0 km (186.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.607° S, 175.703° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000f796. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 235°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6112 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7121 days ago · 300 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.8117 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7097 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.793 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7088 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7139 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7085 days ago · 144 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f796. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC.