M4.5 earthquake 172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, May 5, 2024, 10:17 AM GMT+13 (21:17 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-05-04 21:17:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.248° S, 175.883° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.9200 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 875 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 282 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3135 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 853 days ago · 225 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3117 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 853 days ago · 213 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8126 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 841 days ago · 143 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3127 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 835 days ago · 188 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 220 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1181 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 246 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.9161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 888 days ago · 227 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.391 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 889 days ago · 131 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.4172 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 892 days ago · 232 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8169 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 902 days ago · 236 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8136 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 905 days ago · 199 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 909 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mxrl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC.