M4.3 earthquake 246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 5:21 AM GMT+13 (16:21 UTC), 299 km (186 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 219 km NW 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
- 2022-04-23 16:21:47 UTC
- Depth
- 299.3 km (186.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.331° S, 176.643° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1609 days ago · 570 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8219 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1604 days ago · 292 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1564 days ago · 584 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h6kn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.