M4.5 earthquake 129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 129 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 12:23 AM GMT+13 (11:23 UTC), 241 km (150 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 102 km W of Neiafu, 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
- 2018-06-23 11:23:36 UTC
- Depth
- 241.2 km (149.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.381° S, 175.496° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 13.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 29
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.563 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 3012 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4101 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2991 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5161 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2979 days ago · 273 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.9102 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2976 days ago · 134 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.9133 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2972 days ago · 188 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5148 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2964 days ago · 208 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ezi7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.