Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 164 km W of Neiafu, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 164 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 9:12 PM GMT+13 (08:12 UTC), 160 km (99 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-10-12 08:12:24 UTC
Depth
159.7 km (99.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
18.741° S, 175.541° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.6 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
74

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4372 days ago · 137 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 5.0164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4370 days ago · 197 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.892 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4364 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.2174 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4364 days ago · 214 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.3154 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4355 days ago · 239 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.385 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4340 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.5129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4337 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.7169 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4336 days ago · 232 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.882 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4316 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 5.7222 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4390 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sl8r. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC.