M4.6 earthquake Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in Tonga on Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 6:02 AM GMT+13 (17:02 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-13 17:02:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.276° S, 173.861° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8106 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2867 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.980 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.328 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga · 2852 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.148 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2847 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9108 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 2819 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTonga earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000huv2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.