M4.2 earthquake 47 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 47 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Sep 8, 2014, 6:13 AM GMT+13 (17:13 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 69 km SSE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-07 17:13:49 UTC
- Depth
- 57.1 km (35.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.822° S, 174.804° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.869 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4395 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8136 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4388 days ago · 158 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Tonga · 4385 days ago · 175 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.892 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4365 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.710 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 4354 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sdhz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:39 AM UTC.