M4.4 earthquake 283 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 283 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 3:52 AM GMT+13 (14:52 UTC), 297 km (185 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-16 14:52:06 UTC
- Depth
- 297.1 km (184.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.666° S, 176.761° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 142
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 372 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 609 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 579 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5233 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3449 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3434 days ago · 611 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3431 days ago · 571 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3420 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3397 days ago · 462 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008i4p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.