M4.3 earthquake 155 km NW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 155 km NW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Mar 2, 2018, 11:14 PM GMT+13 (10:14 UTC), 283 km (176 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 130 km W 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-02 10:14:16 UTC
- Depth
- 283.3 km (176.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.970° S, 175.533° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 218°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7148 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3131 days ago · 201 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8130 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3128 days ago · 173 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2107 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3106 days ago · 180 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6143 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 3105 days ago · 195 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.7133 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3094 days ago · 236 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3150 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 3093 days ago · 244 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2139 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3086 days ago · 263 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4144 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3079 days ago · 256 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d2ad. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.