M4.8 earthquake 106 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 106 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Nov 22, 2018, 11:11 PM GMT+13 (10:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km SE 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-22 10:11:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.212° S, 173.425° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.980 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2860 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.148 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2848 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9108 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5144 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2815 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hvd6. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.