M4.6 earthquake 70 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 70 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 1:45 PM GMT+13 (00:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 21 km N 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-20 00:45:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.063° S, 173.738° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.121 km N of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 732 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 4.469 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 728 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.050 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 698 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.826 km NE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 687 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nu31. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC.