M4.2 earthquake 141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 5:37 AM GMT+13 (16:37 UTC), 137 km (85 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 164 km WNW 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
- 2014-10-15 16:37:33 UTC
- Depth
- 137.4 km (85.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.228° S, 175.548° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4370 days ago · 197 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.892 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4364 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2174 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4364 days ago · 214 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4126 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4346 days ago · 152 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4337 days ago · 132 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.882 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4316 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.8164 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4376 days ago · 160 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.0180 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4382 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Tonga · 4385 days ago · 175 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8136 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4388 days ago · 158 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.7222 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4390 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000srft. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.