M4.2 earthquake 103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 4:47 AM GMT+13 (15:47 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 117 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-14 15:47:59 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.727° S, 174.130° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 271°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.684 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 779 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8118 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.8117 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 4.9135 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.670 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.469 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 728 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.194 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 727 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 4.8118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 784 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.866 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 790 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 6.073 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 796 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.945 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 798 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.077 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 799 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nq2l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.