M4.3 earthquake 244 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 244 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Jun 7, 2015, 9:26 PM GMT+13 (08:26 UTC), 255 km (159 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-07 08:26:48 UTC
- Depth
- 255.2 km (158.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.388° S, 176.646° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1249 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4131 days ago · 566 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3162 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4122 days ago · 190 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 553 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3266 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4106 days ago · 255 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 4105 days ago · 347 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.9164 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4151 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 6.2175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4151 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4157 days ago · 558 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4158 days ago · 451 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4159 days ago · 556 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4161 days ago · 580 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002qq2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC.