M4.8 earthquake 126 km W of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 126 km W of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 12:45 PM GMT+13 (23:45 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 67 km NNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-13 23:45:54 UTC
- Depth
- 142.5 km (88.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.840° S, 175.559° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 90
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3127 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 835 days ago · 188 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5175 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 220 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1181 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 832 days ago · 246 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.767 km NNW of Houma, Tonga · 827 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ms9q. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC.