M4.0 earthquake 152 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 152 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 10:04 PM GMT+13 (09:04 UTC), 258 km (160 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 96 km WSW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-14 09:04:08 UTC
- Depth
- 257.6 km (160.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.396° S, 175.743° 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 15.2 km horizontally, 12.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5214 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 2845 days ago · 288 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3125 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2844 days ago · 250 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.096 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga · 2835 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.675 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2834 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hv2e. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.