M4.7 earthquake 54 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga on Fri, Jul 5, 2024, 4:40 AM GMT+13 (15:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 73 km SSE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-04 15:40:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.056° S, 173.897° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.268 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 816 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.945 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 798 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
- 6.073 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 796 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.866 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga · 790 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8118 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 784 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2103 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.684 km SE of Pangai, Tonga · 779 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4104 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 775 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mx39. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.