M4.1 earthquake 193 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 193 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Jun 15, 2007, 9:04 PM GMT+13 (08:04 UTC), 500 km (311 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 152 km NNW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-06-15 08:04:58 UTC
- Depth
- 500.0 km (310.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.482° S, 176.165° 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 usp000fe27. 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
- 148°
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6152 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7026 days ago · 189 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3143 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 7002 days ago · 200 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.6179 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7063 days ago · 173 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5124 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7066 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0142 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7069 days ago · 300 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2171 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 7069 days ago · 186 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7219 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7074 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fe27. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.