M4.8 earthquake 102 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 102 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Dec 15, 2014, 6:53 PM GMT+13 (05:53 UTC), 230 km (143 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
- 2014-12-15 05:53:46 UTC
- Depth
- 229.9 km (142.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.679° S, 175.323° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 54
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3101 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4311 days ago · 188 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.2121 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4309 days ago · 198 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.280 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4288 days ago · 137 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4149 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4280 days ago · 205 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.932 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4274 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3131 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4261 days ago · 281 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4256 days ago · 187 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4123 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4253 days ago · 265 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t6rt. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.