Tonga earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 133 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 133 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 12:17 AM GMT+13 (11:17 UTC), 226 km (140 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 151 km W of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-03-12 11:17:00 UTC
Depth
225.8 km (140.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.393° S, 175.551° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6140 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 175 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.5158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2380 days ago · 267 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.1118 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2371 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.9151 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2352 days ago · 226 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.7115 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2412 days ago · 193 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.2124 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga · 2416 days ago · 241 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.4188 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 2417 days ago · 201 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.6164 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2418 days ago · 226 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.3118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2424 days ago · 243 km deep · 16 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008gva. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.