M4.3 earthquake 128 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 128 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Apr 27, 2016, 11:54 AM GMT+13 (22:54 UTC), 230 km (143 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 84 km WSW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-26 22:54:29 UTC
- Depth
- 230.5 km (143.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.300° S, 175.449° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 17.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3808 days ago · 217 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.984 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 3802 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4107 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3789 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3122 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3782 days ago · 203 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005e25. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.