M4.7 earthquake 95 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 95 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 8:48 AM GMT+13 (19:48 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-18 19:48:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.627° S, 174.060° 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 16.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8106 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4399 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.895 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4399 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.869 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 4396 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.054 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.181 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4386 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.386 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4385 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7119 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 4375 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.554 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 4367 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.710 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 4354 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sh20. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.