Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 82 km NW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 82 km NW of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Dec 11, 2014, 6:46 PM GMT+13 (05:46 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 61 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-12-11 05:46:40 UTC
Depth
42.8 km (26.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.283° S, 174.906° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8102 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4312 days ago · 230 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 5.2121 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4309 days ago · 198 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.372 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4307 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.280 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4288 days ago · 137 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.4149 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4280 days ago · 205 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.932 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4274 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 5.286 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4269 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  8. 5.661 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga · 4267 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.665 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 4266 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.3115 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4256 days ago · 187 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 4.5129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4337 days ago · 132 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.385 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 4340 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t5he. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.