M4.6 earthquake 56 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 56 km SE of Pangai, Tonga on Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 4:46 PM GMT+13 (03:46 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 103 km ESE of Pangai, 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
- 2024-04-08 03:46:11 UTC
- Depth
- 36.6 km (22.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.100° S, 173.906° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6120 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 902 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3115 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 890 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.1103 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 887 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.986 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.897 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 877 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mcn9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC.