M4.5 earthquake 86 km E of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 86 km E of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, May 10, 2017, 5:08 AM GMT+13 (16:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 111 km ESE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-09 16:08:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.951° S, 173.538° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.536 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3426 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8101 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3412 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6112 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3386 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.279 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3386 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4132 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3381 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9111 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3375 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 5.1131 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3435 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.9113 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.9128 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3448 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.3103 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3449 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.8166 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 3451 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.6112 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3454 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ry9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC.