M4.3 earthquake 266 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 266 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Jul 8, 2015, 8:56 AM GMT+13 (19:56 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
- 2015-07-07 19:56:49 UTC
- Depth
- 255.4 km (158.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.090° S, 176.771° 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 21.7 km horizontally, 18.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 256°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4Fiji region · 4106 days ago · 347 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4075 days ago · 572 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.4212 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4072 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4285 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 542 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.4205 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4056 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200030fp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC.