M4.7 earthquake 291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 5:37 AM GMT+13 (16:37 UTC), 354 km (220 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-26 16:37:41 UTC
- Depth
- 354.0 km (220.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.142° S, 177.041° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 90
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3228 days ago · 525 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3216 days ago · 573 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3186 days ago · 445 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3184 days ago · 394 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3177 days ago · 471 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000buj2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.