M4.2 earthquake 295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 6:01 AM GMT+13 (17:01 UTC), 305 km (190 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-30 17:01:07 UTC
- Depth
- 305.0 km (189.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.604° S, 176.861° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 550 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 355 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 593 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2087 days ago · 613 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 556 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2069 days ago · 619 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cmlt. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.