Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 83 km SW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 83 km SW of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Sep 6, 2014, 11:31 PM GMT+13 (10:31 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 86 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-09-06 10:31:00 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.390° S, 174.865° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.5 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.247 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4411 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.548 km N of Kolonga, Tonga · 4406 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.795 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4399 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.869 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4396 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.8136 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4388 days ago · 158 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 5.054 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 5.181 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.4Tonga · 4385 days ago · 175 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 5.386 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4384 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.710 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 4354 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.870 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4414 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sd1h. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC.