M4.4 earthquake 84 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 84 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, May 1, 2017, 9:58 AM GMT+13 (20:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 134 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, 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
- 2017-04-30 20:58:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.535° S, 175.101° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 12
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ps1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.