Tonga earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 165 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 165 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:00 AM GMT+13 (19:00 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-30 19:00:59 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.781° S, 175.931° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
55°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5186 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.4184 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.8165 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 5.5163 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.6106 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 911 days ago · 239 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 911 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.8136 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 907 days ago · 199 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.9161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 890 days ago · 227 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.5172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 5.7172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 4.5104 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 880 days ago · 205 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.9200 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 876 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 261 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 282 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.8161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.8169 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 5.2164 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 5.3171 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.8155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.5146 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 918 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.2162 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 929 days ago · 216 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.3137 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 929 days ago · 157 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.4181 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 947 days ago · 207 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ma6k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.