M4.6 earthquake 120 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 120 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Apr 16, 2024, 4:28 AM GMT+13 (15:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 103 km ESE 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
- 2024-04-15 15:28:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.378° S, 173.369° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3115 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 890 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.1103 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 887 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.986 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.897 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 877 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.0130 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 860 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mt8c. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.