M4.5 earthquake 25 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 25 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Apr 25, 2007, 5:05 PM GMT+13 (04:05 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 33 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-04-25 04:05:00 UTC
- Depth
- 26.1 km (16.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.743° S, 174.119° 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 usp000faj5. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.633 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7069 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 4.526 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7069 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.236 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7067 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.068 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7066 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.783 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7057 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.316 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7045 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000faj5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC.