M4.6 earthquake 181 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 181 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga on Tue, Dec 31, 2024, 12:16 PM GMT+13 (23:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2024-12-30 23:16:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.278° S, 175.993° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4237 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 637 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4171 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 636 days ago · 273 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 622 days ago · 188 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4132 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 620 days ago · 250 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1218 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 613 days ago · 293 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3240 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 593 days ago · 351 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6177 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 590 days ago · 213 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5132 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 589 days ago · 196 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4135 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 588 days ago · 268 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pj77. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC.