M4.3 earthquake 169 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 169 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Aug 3, 2014, 10:37 PM GMT+13 (09:37 UTC), 263 km (163 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 222 km WNW 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
- 2014-08-03 09:37:44 UTC
- Depth
- 262.6 km (163.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.652° S, 175.966° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2144 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4432 days ago · 133 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2144 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4429 days ago · 154 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6121 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4427 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4251 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4418 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2132 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4405 days ago · 164 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.7222 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4390 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8136 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4388 days ago · 158 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s2w1. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.