Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 184 km W of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 184 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 10:33 AM GMT+13 (21:33 UTC), 9 km (5 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-30 21:33:47 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.504° S, 176.080° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8165 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 5.5163 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.8136 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 905 days ago · 199 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 5.4172 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 891 days ago · 232 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.9161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 888 days ago · 227 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.5172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 5.7172 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 880 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.9200 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 874 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 857 days ago · 282 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.5186 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.6165 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.8161 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.8169 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 5.2164 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 5.3171 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.8155 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.5146 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 916 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.3166 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 918 days ago · 227 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.2162 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 927 days ago · 216 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.3137 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 927 days ago · 157 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.4181 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 945 days ago · 207 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ma72. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC.