M4.8 earthquake 106 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 106 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 7:32 PM GMT+13 (06:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 86 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-19 06:32:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.653° S, 173.854° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.895 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4399 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.869 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4396 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.054 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.181 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.386 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4385 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7119 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 4375 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.554 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4368 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.795 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4400 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.4109 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4404 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.584 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4406 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.596 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4410 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.0168 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4414 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000se6t. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.