M4.3 earthquake 16 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Jun 21, 2007, 4:32 AM GMT+13 (15:32 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 60 km NW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-06-20 15:32:10 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.751° S, 174.498° 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 usp000feen. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.465 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 7010 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.569 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 7003 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.860 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 7000 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.783 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga · 7056 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.068 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7065 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.236 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 7066 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.526 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7068 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.633 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 7068 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000feen. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC.