M4.5 earthquake 36 km E of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 36 km E of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, May 19, 2017, 1:27 PM GMT+13 (00:27 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 119 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
- 2017-05-19 00:27:34 UTC
- Depth
- 14.4 km (9.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.816° S, 174.004° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8101 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3413 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6112 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3387 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.279 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3386 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.9111 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3376 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6108 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3370 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.6112 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3368 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.7119 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3367 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.586 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 3436 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.9113 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.9128 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 3449 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.3103 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.6112 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008vb9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.