M4.3 earthquake 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 1:32 AM GMT+13 (12:32 UTC), 243 km (151 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 115 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-12 12:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 243.2 km (151.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.475° S, 175.430° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 16.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 226 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2124 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2416 days ago · 241 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7115 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2412 days ago · 193 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3133 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 226 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6140 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 175 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2380 days ago · 267 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1118 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2371 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007t1n. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC.