M4.6 earthquake 164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 6:06 AM GMT+13 (17:06 UTC), 226 km (141 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-18 17:06:07 UTC
- Depth
- 226.2 km (140.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.107° S, 175.729° 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 23.1 km horizontally, 18.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 35
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4188 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2417 days ago · 201 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2124 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2416 days ago · 241 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3133 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2396 days ago · 226 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6140 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2389 days ago · 175 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2380 days ago · 267 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007vxu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC.