M4.4 earthquake 251 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 251 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Aug 31, 2014, 9:36 PM GMT+13 (08:36 UTC), 69 km (43 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-31 08:36:42 UTC
- Depth
- 69.4 km (43.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.219° S, 176.668° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.3 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 4405 days ago · 571 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.7222 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4390 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.0180 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4382 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4373 days ago · 401 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.0164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4370 days ago · 197 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2174 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4364 days ago · 214 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sbcr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC.