M5.2 earthquake 121 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 121 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Dec 18, 2014, 8:47 PM GMT+13 (07:47 UTC), 198 km (123 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-18 07:47:45 UTC
- Depth
- 197.7 km (122.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.587° S, 175.485° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.073 · 64 stations |
| 5.1 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
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 9.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.280 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4288 days ago · 137 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4149 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4280 days ago · 205 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3131 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4261 days ago · 281 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3115 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4256 days ago · 187 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4123 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 4253 days ago · 265 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7151 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4249 days ago · 164 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t7tt (also filed as iscgem606502868). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.