Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 122 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 122 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, May 27, 2016, 12:39 PM GMT+13 (23:39 UTC), 203 km (126 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-26 23:39:39 UTC
Depth
202.9 km (126.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.909° S, 175.519° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.3 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 3738 days ago · 322 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 4.4107 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3789 days ago · 127 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.984 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 3802 days ago · 98 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.3132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3808 days ago · 217 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005zkp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC.