M4.8 earthquake 123 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 123 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Sep 22, 2007, 1:32 AM GMT+13 (12:32 UTC), 185 km (115 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 128 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-09-21 12:32:11 UTC
- Depth
- 184.7 km (114.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.974° S, 175.525° 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 usp000fnua. 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
- 167°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.731 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 6941 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1146 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6939 days ago · 167 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.9154 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6910 days ago · 180 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.1128 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6909 days ago · 135 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 6893 days ago · 325 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fnua. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.