M4.4 earthquake 246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Oct 13, 2017, 1:56 PM GMT+13 (00:56 UTC), 587 km (365 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 291 km WNW 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-13 00:56:40 UTC
- Depth
- 587.4 km (365.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.384° S, 176.663° 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 18.6 km horizontally, 19.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 27
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 585 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 354 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3216 days ago · 573 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000auk9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.