M4.1 earthquake 131 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 131 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 2:10 AM GMT+13 (13:10 UTC), 225 km (140 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 148 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-13 13:10:17 UTC
- Depth
- 225.3 km (140.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.384° S, 175.525° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.4148 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 990 days ago · 209 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5201 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 973 days ago · 169 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.367 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 955 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4204 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 950 days ago · 273 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4181 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 947 days ago · 207 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m4q4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.