M4.3 earthquake 49 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 49 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 9:06 PM GMT+13 (08:06 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 57 km SE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-26 08:06:42 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.220° S, 174.153° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.357 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 943 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.391 km S of Pangai, Tonga · 922 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.656 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 910 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6120 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 902 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mg38. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC.