M4.8 earthquake 92 km NW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 92 km NW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Oct 24, 2014, 4:03 AM GMT+13 (15:03 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 121 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-10-23 15:03:27 UTC
- Depth
- 93.9 km (58.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.181° S, 174.925° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 50
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.710 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 4355 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.547 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 4354 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.385 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4340 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4337 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.882 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4316 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8102 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4312 days ago · 230 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.2121 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4309 days ago · 198 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.372 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4307 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000suld. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.