M4.5 earthquake 290 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 290 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 4:49 PM GMT+13 (03:49 UTC), 607 km (377 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-30 03:49:18 UTC
- Depth
- 607.1 km (377.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.910° S, 176.951° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2881 days ago · 544 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2869 days ago · 485 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2845 days ago · 558 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2843 days ago · 593 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5214 km NW of Pangai, Tonga · 2842 days ago · 288 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2838 days ago · 564 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2834 days ago · 556 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2830 days ago · 516 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2826 days ago · 590 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i7jj. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.