M4.8 earthquake 69 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 69 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 5:15 AM GMT+13 (16:15 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
- 2014-09-22 16:15:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.411° S, 174.147° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 73
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.054 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.181 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.386 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4385 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7119 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 4375 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.710 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 4354 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.698 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga · 4339 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.281 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4336 days ago · 158 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.895 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4399 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8106 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4399 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.795 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4400 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.4109 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4404 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.584 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4406 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.247 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4411 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.583 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 4412 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sez7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.