M4.4 earthquake 123 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 123 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 8:02 AM GMT+13 (19:02 UTC), 265 km (165 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 151 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-11 19:02:03 UTC
- Depth
- 265.3 km (164.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.878° S, 175.535° 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 19.7 km horizontally, 20.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7151 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4250 days ago · 164 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.645 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4235 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.471 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 4217 days ago · 243 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000tq0x. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.