M4.6 earthquake 96 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 96 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 2:18 PM GMT+13 (01:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 95 km ENE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-08 01:18:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.989° S, 173.451° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4100 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 2056 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.895 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7130 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4179 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 2003 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dh2y. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC.