M4.8 earthquake 118 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 118 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Oct 13, 2019, 4:38 PM GMT+13 (03:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 113 km ESE 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-13 03:38:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.322° S, 173.352° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 28
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0113 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2544 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.7160 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2528 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7166 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2496 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6127 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2489 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 4.8105 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2555 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5114 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 2556 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4121 km E of Pangai, Tonga · 2561 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2567 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5134 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 2574 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1117 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2576 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005tt7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.