Tonga earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 174 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 174 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Oct 24, 2014, 12:18 PM GMT+13 (23:18 UTC), 214 km (133 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 241 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-10-23 23:18:18 UTC
Depth
214.1 km (133.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.441° S, 175.970° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.1 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
103°
Stations used
19

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7112 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4356 days ago · 136 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.4126 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4346 days ago · 152 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.5129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4337 days ago · 132 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 5.8241 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4314 days ago · 316 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.8102 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4312 days ago · 230 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 5.2121 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4309 days ago · 198 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 5.0164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4370 days ago · 197 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.2141 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4372 days ago · 137 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.8164 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4376 days ago · 160 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 5.0180 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4382 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.4Tonga · 4385 days ago · 175 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.8136 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4388 days ago · 158 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 5.7222 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4390 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000sulp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.