M4.8 earthquake 169 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 169 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 10:47 PM GMT+13 (09:47 UTC), 236 km (147 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 172 km WNW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-14 09:47:52 UTC
- Depth
- 236.5 km (146.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.509° S, 175.587° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4172 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 892 days ago · 232 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.7172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3135 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 853 days ago · 225 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.493 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 853 days ago · 129 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.1137 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 847 days ago · 202 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.8136 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 905 days ago · 199 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3166 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 919 days ago · 227 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2162 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 927 days ago · 216 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3137 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 927 days ago · 157 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mc13. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.