Tonga earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 161 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 161 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 7:59 AM GMT+13 (18:59 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-30 18:59:06 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.546° S, 175.868° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6165 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 917 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.5186 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.4184 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.8165 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 5.5163 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 909 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.8136 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 906 days ago · 199 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 5.4172 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 892 days ago · 232 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.391 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 889 days ago · 131 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.9161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 889 days ago · 227 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 4.5172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 5.7172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 4.5104 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 878 days ago · 205 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.9200 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 875 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 282 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.8169 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 917 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 5.2164 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 917 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 5.3171 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 917 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.8155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 917 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.5146 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 917 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.3166 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 919 days ago · 227 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.2162 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 927 days ago · 216 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.3137 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 928 days ago · 157 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.4181 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 945 days ago · 207 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ma6j. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC.