Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 118 km NW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 118 km NW of Pangai, Tonga on Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 3:46 PM GMT+13 (02:46 UTC), 238 km (148 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 54 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-11-30 02:46:55 UTC
Depth
238.2 km (148.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.153° S, 175.246° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 12.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.654 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2496 days ago · 142 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.3174 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2487 days ago · 214 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.4133 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2479 days ago · 120 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 4.451 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2511 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 6.2147 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
  3. 5.5146 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.5113 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.9137 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2522 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 5.5181 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2522 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 6.6136 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2522 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8 · tsunami flag

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006pfh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.