M4.4 earthquake 107 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 107 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, May 20, 2016, 12:16 PM GMT+13 (23:16 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2016-05-19 23:16:45 UTC
- Depth
- 127.0 km (78.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.838° S, 175.380° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3122 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3783 days ago · 203 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3740 days ago · 322 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005y2v. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:11 AM UTC.