M4.8 earthquake 136 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 136 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 11:39 PM GMT+13 (10:39 UTC), 158 km (98 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 180 km W 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-30 10:39:13 UTC
- Depth
- 158.2 km (98.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.948° S, 175.654° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Tonga · 4385 days ago · 175 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.0180 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4382 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4372 days ago · 137 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.0164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4370 days ago · 197 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2174 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4364 days ago · 214 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7112 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4356 days ago · 136 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4126 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4346 days ago · 152 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4337 days ago · 132 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.2132 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4405 days ago · 164 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.548 km N of Kolonga, Tonga · 4406 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.247 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4410 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.583 km SW of Pangai, Tonga · 4412 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.870 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4413 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000shax. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.